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    The Philosophy of law / edited by R.M. Dworkin.

    • Title:The Philosophy of law / edited by R.M. Dworkin.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Dworkin, Ronald.
    • Published/Created:London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
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      • Location:Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
        c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY damaged (level 2)
      • Call Number: K246 .P45 1977 (LC)
      • Number of Items:2
      • Status:Available
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Philosophy.
    • Subject(s): Rechtsfilosofie.
      Ethiek.
      Loi (philosophie)
      Droit et morale.
      Droit--Philosophie.
      Jurisprudence.
    • Description:176 pages ; 21 cm
    • Series:Oxford readings in philosophy.
    • Summary:Echoing the debate about the nature of law that has dominated legal philosophy for several decades, this volume includes essays on the nature of law and on law not as it is but as it should be. Wherever possible, essays have been chosen that have provoked direct responses from other legal philosophers, and in two cases these responses are included.
    • Notes:First published 1977, reprinted 1979.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index.
    • ISBN:0198750226
      9780198750222
    • Contents:Positivism and the separation of law and morals / H.L.A. Hart
      Is law a system of rules? / R.M. Dworkin
      Morals and the criminal law / Lord Patrick Devlin
      Immorality and treason / H.L.A. Hart
      A theory of civil disobedience / J. Rawls
      A defence of abortion / J.J. Thomson
      The rights and wrongs of abortion / J. Finnis
      A theory of freedom of expression / T. Scanlon.
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