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8The Legacy of Ronald Dworkin (edited book)Oxford University Press USA. 2016.This book assembles leading legal, political, and moral philosophers to examine the legacy of the work of Ronald Dworkin. They provide the most comprehensive critical treatment of Dworkin's accomplishments focusing on his work in all branches of philosophy, including his theory of value, political philosophy, philosophy of international law, and legal philosophy. The book's organizing principle and theme reflect Dworkin's self-conception as a builder of a unified theory of value, and the broad o…Read more
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Methodology of Legal TheoryAshgate. 2010.The last decade has witnessed a particularly intensive debate over methodological issues in legal theory. The publication of Julie Dickson's Evaluation and Legal Theory (2001) was significant, as were collective returns to H.L.A. Hart's 'Postscript' to The Concept of Law. While influential articles have been written in disparate journals, no single collection of the most important papers exists. This volume - the first in a three volume series - aims not only to fill that gap but also propose a …Read more
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6Free Expression: Essays in Law and PhilosophyClaredon Press. 1994.This is a collection of essays based on papers read at a conference on freedom of expression held at McMaster University in May, 1990. Its contributors are philosophers and lawyers, each of whom brings his unique perspective to bear on issues surrounding the justification of free expression and the bases, both legal and moral, for restricting or broadening its scope. Joseph Magnet, Wayne Sumner, and James Weinstein discuss legal attempts in America and Canada to restrict hate literature, while D…Read more
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2Business Ethics in Canada (edited book)Prentice Hall. 1987.This distinctively Canadian text provides the reader with timely, up-to-date, theoretical, empirical and legal material on issues of relevance to ethicists in Canada today. The format is clear, accessible and user-friendly.
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2Joel Feinberg, Harm To Others: The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 5 (6): 246-249. 1985.
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15Readings in health care ethics (edited book)Broadview Press. 2012.Readings in Health Care Ethics provides a wide-ranging selection of important and engaging contributions to the field of health care ethics. The second edition adds a chapter on health care in Canada, and the introduction has been expanded to include discussion of a new direction in feminist naturalized ethics. The book presupposes no prior knowledge, only an interest in the bioethical issues that are shaping our world
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Rosemary Pattenden, The Judge, Discretion, and the Criminal Trial (review)Philosophy in Review 4 217-219. 1984.
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56Feinberg's Theory of “Preposthumous” HarmDialogue 25 (4): 727-. 1986.In his recent book, Harm to Others, Joel Feinberg addresses the question whether a person can be harmed after his or her own death, that is, whether posthumous harm is a logical possibility. There is a very strong tendency to suppose that harm to the dead is simply inconceivable. After all, there cannot be harm without a subject to be harmed, but when death occurs it appears to obliterate the subject thus excluding the possibility of harm. On the other hand, there is an inclination to believe th…Read more
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91Well and Good, Fourth Edition: Case Studies in Health Care Ethics (edited book)Broadview Press. 2014.Well and Good presents a combination of "classic" and little-known cases in health care ethics. These cases, accompanied by information about the major ethical theories, give students a chance to grapple with the ethical challenges faced by health care practitioners, policy makers, and recipients. The authors' narrative style and leading questions provoke student interest and engagement, while allowing instructors the freedom to draw from the theoretical perspectives they consider most useful. T…Read more
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14The Evolution of Rights in Liberal TheoryPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 19 (4): 501-505. 1989.
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51Judicial reviewPhilosophy Compass 2 (2). 2007.Courts are sometimes called upon to review a law or some other official act of government to determine its constitutionality, its reasonableness, rationality, or its compatibility with fundamental principles of justice. In some jurisdictions, this power of judicial review includes the ability to ‘strike down’ or nullify a law duly passed by a legislature body. This article examines this practice and various criticisms of it, including the charge that it is fundamentally undemocratic. The focus i…Read more
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Defeasibility and legal positivismIn Jordi Ferrer Beltrán & Giovanni Battista Ratti (eds.), The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility, Oxford University Press. 2012.
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209Readings in Health Care Ethics, Second Edition (edited book)Broadview Press. 2012.Readings in Health Care Ethics provides a wide-ranging selection of important and engaging contributions to the field of health care ethics. The second edition adds a chapter on health care in Canada, and the introduction has been expanded to include discussion of a new direction in feminist naturalized ethics. The book presupposes no prior knowledge, only an interest in the bioethical issues that are shaping our world
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6Michael D. Bayles, Hart's Legal Philosophy: An Examination Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 14 (4): 234-235. 1994.
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30Herculean positivismOxford Journal of Legal Studies 5 (2): 187-210. 1985.An attempt top reconcile Dworkin with Hart's legal positivism.
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16Review of Douglas E. Edlin (ed.), Common Law Theory (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (8). 2008.
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