•  7
    Hart, legal rules and Palm tree justice
    Law and Philosophy 4 (1). 1985.
    In this paper I defend a liberal theory about how legal rules can and ought to be interpreted. The theory emerges from a critical examination of H. L. A. Hart's influential views on the limited but unavoidable indeterminacy of legal rules. I begin with a brief sketch of Hart's early theory (as it is traditionally understood) offering various suggestions as to how it might usefully be modified. Next, several possible objections to my modifications are sketched and criticized. Finally, reasons are…Read more
  •  5
    The 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
  • The Nature of Law: Contemporary Perspectives
    with Wilfrid J. Waluchow and Stefan Sciaraffa
    Oxford University Press. 2013.
  • Methodology of Legal Theory
    with Wilfrid J. Waluchow, Michael Giudice, and Maksymilian Del Mar
    Ashgate. 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
  •  6
    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
  • Business Ethics in Canada Second Edition
    with Wilfrid J. Waluchow and D. Poff
    Prentice Hall. 1990.
  •  2
    Business Ethics in Canada (edited book)
    with D. Poff
    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.
  • Well and Good: Case Studies in Biomedical Issues Revised Edition
    with Wilfrid J. Waluchow and J. E. Thomas
    Broadview Press. 1990.
  • Well and Good: Case Studies in Biomedical Issues
    with Wilfrid J. Waluchow and J. E. Thomas
    Broadview Press. 1987.
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    What Legal Positivism Isn’t
    Cogito 12 (2): 109-115. 1998.
  •  3
    The Evolution of Rights in Liberal Theory
    Philosophy of the Social Sciences 19 (4): 501-505. 1989.
  •  15
    Review (review)
    Journal of Business Ethics 7 (3): 162-162. 1988.
  •  5
    Judicial review
    Philosophy 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
  • Defeasibility and legal positivism
    In Jordi Ferrer Beltrán & Giovanni Battista Ratti (eds.), The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility, Oxford University Press. 2012.
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    Readings 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
  •  7
    Strong discretion
    Philosophical Quarterly 33 (133): 321-339. 1983.
  •  1
    Herculean positivism
    Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 5 (2): 187-210. 1985.
    An attempt top reconcile Dworkin with Hart's legal positivism.
  •  5
    Authority and the practical difference thesis
    Legal Theory 6 (1): 45-81. 2000.
    I. INTRODUCTION
  •  21
    The Morality of Freedom (review)
    Canadian Journal of Philosophy 19 (3): 477-490. 1989.
  •  16
    Review of Douglas E. Edlin (ed.), Common Law Theory (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (8). 2008.
  •  1
    Legality, morality, and the guiding function of law
    In Matthew H. Kramer, Claire Grant, Ben Colburn & Antony Hatzistavrou (eds.), The legacy of H.L.A. Hart: legal, political, and moral philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
  • Business Ethics in Canada
    with Deborah Poff
    Journal of Business Ethics 7 (9): 714-722. 1988.
  • Tim and Sam
    Business Ethics in Canada. forthcoming.
  •  7
    Philosophical foundations of the nature of law (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. 2013.
    Part I. Furthering debate between leading theories of Law -- The Explantory Role of the Weak Natural Law Thesis -- In Defense of Hart -- Law's Authority is not a Claim to Preemption -- The Normative Fallacy Regarding Law's Authority -- The Problem about the Nature of Law vis-à-vis Legal Rationality Revisited : Towards an Integrative Jurisprudence -- Part II. The Power of Legal Systems -- Law as Power : Two Rule of Law Requirements -- A Comprehensive Hartian Theory of Legal Obligation : Social P…Read more