Liability and Responsibility

Essays in Law and Morals
Herausgeber: Frey, R. G.; Morris, Christopher W.

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Produktbeschreibung

This thought-provoking volume will help to shed light on the underexplored ground that lies between law and morals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780521088664
• ISBN-10: 0521088666
• Artikelnr.: 25006741

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of contributors
Introduction R. G. Frey and Christopher W. Morris
Part I. Responsibility: Some Conceptual Problems: 1. Can responsibility be diminished? Anthony Kenny
2. Intention and side-effects John Finnis
3. Attempting the impossible Alan R. White
Part II. Consent, Choice and Contracts: 4. Beyond foreseeability: consequential damages in the law of contract Richard A. Epstein
5. Rights and remedies in a consent theory of contract Randy E. Barnett
6. A bargaining theory approach to default provisions and disclosure rules in contract law Jules L. Coleman, Douglas D. Heckathorn and Steven M. Maser
Part III. Risk, Compensation and Torts: 7. Theories of compensation Robert E. Goodin
8. Liberty, community and corrective justice Ernest J. Weinrib
9. Risk, causation, and harm Glen O. Robinson
Part IV. Punishment: 10. Retributive hatred: an essay on criminal liability and the emotions Jeffrie G. Murphy
11. A new theory of retribution Jean Hampton
12. Punishment and self-defense George P. Fletcher.