Law And Social Justice

These essays by leading scholars illustrate the complexity and range of philosophical issues raised by consideration of law and social justice. The contributors to Law and Social Justice examine such broad foundational issues as instrumentalist versus Kantian conceptions of rights as well as such specific problems as the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence of causation in toxic tort cases. They consider a variety of subjects, including the implications of deliberative democracy for privacy rights, equality as a principle of distributive justice, the paradox of "moral luck," the treatment of intellectual property in China and its roots in Chinese tradition, and the extent to which initial acquisition of goods yields full property rights. Two special sections at the end of the volume discuss the treatment of law and social justice issues in the work of two philosophers: "Wittgenstein and Legal Theory," on the influence of Wittgenstein's thought on legal philosophy, and a discussion of Jules L. Coleman's The Practice of Principle, which concludes with a contribution, "Facts, Fictions, and the Grounds of Law," by Coleman himself.

General

ISBN		9780262033404
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Mit Pr
Pages		355
List Price		$70.00
Publication Date		12/01/2005
Release Status		In Print
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 9 Inches (US) Width: 6 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.75 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 1.35 Pounds (US)
Series		TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
Editor		Campbell, Joseph Keim O'Rourke, Michael Shier, David