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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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16Review of Douglas E. Edlin (ed.), Common Law Theory (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (8). 2008.
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5Legality, morality, and the guiding function of lawIn Matthew H. Kramer (ed.), The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political, and Moral Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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28Ethics in Government Peter A. French Prentice-Hall Series in Occupational Ethics Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1983. Pp. 147 (review)Dialogue 23 (2): 364-366. 1984.
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28Philosophical 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
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1A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living TreeCambridge University Press. 2006.In this study, W. J. Waluchow argues that debates between defenders and critics of constitutional bills of rights presuppose that constitutions are more or less rigid entities. Within such a conception, constitutions aspire to establish stable, fixed points of agreement and pre-commitment, which defenders consider to be possible and desirable, while critics deem impossible and undesirable. Drawing on reflections about the nature of law, constitutions, the common law, and what it is to be a democ…Read more
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51Inclusive Legal PositivismPhilosophical Review 106 (1): 133. 1997.Like many recent works in legal theory, especially those focusing on the apparently conflicting schools of legal positivism and natural law, Waluchow’s Inclusive Legal Positivism begins by admitting a degree of perplexity about the field; indeed, he suggests that the field has fallen into “chaos”. Disturbingly, those working within legal theory appear most uncertain about what the tasks of their field are. Legal philosophers often seem to suspect strongly that at least their colleagues in the fi…Read more
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4Rosemary Pattenden, The Judge, Discretion, and the Criminal Trial Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 4 (5): 217-219. 1984.
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62Well and Good, Third Edition: A Case Study Approach to Biomedical EthicsBroadview Press. 1998.Well and Good presents a combination of "classic" and little-known but real-life cases. Included are a range of cases involving nurses and other health professionals as well as many involving doctors. The cases in the main body of the book are accompanied by the editors' impartial discussions of the issues involved. The final section is comprised of unanalysed cases for further study. For the new edition, the introduction has been expanded to include discussions of feminist bioethics and of virt…Read more
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57The Dimensions of Ethics: An Introduction to Ethical TheoryBroadview Press. 2003.The Dimensions of Ethics offers a concise but wide-ranging introduction to moral philosophy. In clear and engaging fashion, the author first examines the scope of ethical theory, and explores central metaethical questions such as the issue of relativism, and the relationship between morality and religion. He then turns to an exploration of five theoretical approaches, in each case providing a consideration of various objections that have been advanced as well as a sympathetic exposition of the c…Read more
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Peter Robson and Paul Watchman, eds., Justice: Lord Denning and the Constitution Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 2 (6): 294-296. 1982.
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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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17Readings 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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