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49On the general part of the criminal lawIn Antony Duff (ed.), Philosophy and the Criminal Law: Principle and Critique, Cambridge University Press. pp. 205--256. 1998.
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45Although famous as an economist, Amartya Sen is no less distinguished as a philosopher. In this he is far from unique. The same went for the founding father of economics, Adam Smith. But in these days of increased academic specialization the combination of philosopher and economist is rarer than once it was. Moreover the philosophical contributions of contemporary economists, such as they are, tend to be relatively narrow. Some, notably John Harsanyi and Thomas Schelling, are rightly lauded by p…Read more
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45Review: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Born Free and Equal? A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Discrimination (review)Ethics 125 (4): 1204-1210. 2015.
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40Law as a Leap of Faith as OTHERS see ITLaw and Philosophy 33 (6): 813-842. 2014.This is my reply to five extended critical assessments of my book Law as a Leap of Faith, appearing together in a symposium issue of Law and Philosophy. The critics are Kevin Toh, Luís Duarte d’Almeida and James Edwards, Fábio Perin Shecaira, Cristina Redondo, and Matthew Smith. The topics include H.L.A. Hart’s philosophical legacy, the moral claims of law, the nature of legal reasoning, the doctrine of legal positivism, and the possibility of alienation from law
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38Torts and Other WrongsOxford University Press. 2019.This book collects John Gardner's celebrated essays on the theory of private law, alongside two new essays. Together they range across the central puzzles in understanding the significance of outcomes, the role of justice in private law, strict liability, the reasonable person standard, and the role of public policy in tort law.
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31Finnis on JusticeIn John Keown & Robert P. George (eds.), Reason, morality, and law: the philosophy of John Finnis, Oxford University Press. pp. 151. 2013.
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20Legal PositivismIn Aileen Kavanagh & John Oberdiek (eds.), Arguing About Law, Routledge. pp. 153. 2009.
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20From Personal Life to Private LawOxford University Press. 2018.The book examines the philosophical foundations of private law, arguing that the foremost preoccupations of the law of obligations are grounded in and pervade the personal lives of individuals.
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15Oxford studies in philosophy of law volume 4 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2021.This volume provides a forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The chapters range widely over issues in general jurisprudence (the nature of law, adjudication, and legal reasoning); the philosophical foundations of specific areas of law (from criminal law to evidence to international law); the history of legal philosophy; and related philosophical topics that illuminate the problems of legal theory.
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13Liberals and Unlawful DiscriminationOxford Journal of Legal Studies 9 (1): 1-22. 1989.JOHN GARDNER; Liberals and Unlawful Discrimination, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1 March 1989, Pages 1–22, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/9.
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12Making sense of mens Rea: Antony duffs accountOxford Journal of Legal Studies 11 (4): 559-588. 1991.
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10Law as a Leap of Faith: And Other Essays on Law in GeneralOxford University Press UK. 2012.How do laws resemble rules of games, moral rules, personal rules, rules found in religious teachings, school rules, and so on? Are laws rules at all? Are they all made by human beings? And if so how should we go about interpreting them? How are they organized into systems, and what does it mean for these systems to have 'constitutions'? Should everyone want to live under a system of law? Is there a special kind of 'legal justice'? Does it consist simply in applying the law of the system? And how…Read more
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6Kelsen revisited: new essays on the pure theory of law (edited book)Hart Publishing. 2013.Forty years after his death, Hans Kelsen (1881-1973) remains one of the most discussed and influential legal philosophers of our time. This collection of new essays takes Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law as a stimulus, aiming to move forward the debate on several central issues in contemporary jurisprudence. The essays in Part I address legal validity, the normativity of law, and Kelsen's famous but puzzling idea of a legal system's 'basic norm'. Part II engages with the difficult issues raised by th…Read more
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2Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law Volume 3 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2018.Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is a forum for new philosophical work on law. The essays range widely over general jurisprudence, philosophical foundations of specific areas of law, and other philosophical topics relating to legal theory.
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1Hart on ResponsibilityIn Matthew Kramer, Claire Grant, Ben Colburn & Antony Hatzistavrou (eds.), The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political and Moral Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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1Law s Aims in Law s EmpireIn Scott Hershovitz (ed.), Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin, Oxford University Press. 2006.
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1Tort law and its theoryIn John Tasioulas (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Law, Cambridge University Press. 2020.
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Hart and Feinberg on responsibilityIn Matthew H. Kramer (ed.), The legacy of H.L.A. Hart: legal, political, and moral philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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How law claims, what law claimsIn Matthias Klatt (ed.), Institutionalized reason: the jurisprudence of Robert Alexy, Oxford University Press. 2012.
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15 Backward and Forward with Tort LawIn Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke & David Shier (eds.), Law and Social Justice, Mit Press. pp. 255. 2005.