Classic Readings And Cases In The Philosophy Of Law

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
About the Author......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Part 1: What is Law?......Page 24
Chapter 1: Traditional Natural Law Theory Law for the Common Good......Page 26
St. Thomas Aquinas: Law for the Common Good......Page 28
Chapter 2: Legal Positivism I Law as Command......Page 40
John Austin: The Command Theory of Law......Page 43
Chapter 3: American Legal Realism Law as Judicial Pronouncement......Page 59
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law as Systematized Prediction of What the Courts Will Do......Page 61
Jerome Frank: Law as the Product of Court Decisions......Page 65
Chapter 4: Legal Positivism II Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules......Page 75
H. L. A. Hart: Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules......Page 76
Susan Dimock: Law and Economics......Page 92
Chapter 6: Feminist Jurisprudence Law as a Patriarchal Institution......Page 107
Patricia Smith: Law as a Patriarchal Institution......Page 108
Catharine A. MacKinnon: Law as Male Power......Page 114
Additional Readings......Page 120
Palsgraf v. Long Island Rail Road Co.......Page 122
Lynch v. Fisher......Page 127
Hammontree v. Jenner......Page 131
Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.......Page 133
Stockberger v. United States......Page 136
McFall v. Shimp......Page 139
Farwell v. Keaton......Page 140
Berman v. Allan......Page 144
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories; Rogers v. Rexall Drug Co.......Page 147
Moore v. The Regents of the University of California......Page 157
Kowalski v. Tesmer......Page 170
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City......Page 176
Kelo v. City of New London......Page 183
Part 2: The Separation Thesis, Legal Reasoning, and Legal Indeterminacy......Page 192
Chapter 7: The Separation of Law and Morality......Page 194
H. L. A. Hart: Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals......Page 195
Chapter 8: The Morality of Law......Page 210
Lon L. Fuller: Positivism and Fidelity to Law–A Reply to Professor Hart......Page 211
The Morality That Makes Law Possible......Page 223
Chapter 9: Law as a System of Rights......Page 227
Ronald Dworkin: Rules, Principles, and Rights......Page 228
Hard Cases......Page 242
Integrity in Law......Page 245
H. L. A. Hart: Defending Legal Positivism......Page 252
Chapter 11: Law as an Indeterminate Patchwork of Irreconcilable Ideologies......Page 264
Andrew Altman: Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Dworkin......Page 265
Critical Legal Studies and the Rule of Law......Page 275
Additional Readings......Page 279
Riggs v. Palmer......Page 280
State of Maryland v. Rusk......Page 284
Raich v. Ashcroft......Page 293
Small v. United States......Page 296
Korematsu v. United States......Page 301
Plessy v. Ferguson......Page 306
Brown v. Board of Educationof Topeka......Page 309
United States v. Virginia......Page 311
Grutter v. Bollinger......Page 318
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney......Page 324
Part 3: Civil Disobedience and the Obligation to Obey Law......Page 329
Martin Luther King Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail......Page 332
Chapter 13: Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Refusal......Page 340
John Rawls: Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Refusal......Page 341
Ronald Dworkin: Civil Disobedience......Page 350
David Lyons: Moral Judgment, Historical Reality, and Civil Disobedience......Page 359
Additional Readings......Page 367
Schenck v. United States......Page 368
Whitney v. California......Page 369
Walker v. City of Birmingham......Page 374
Board of Education of Minersville School District v. Gobitis......Page 378
Wisconsin v. Yoder......Page 381
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith......Page 385
United States v. Schoon......Page 390
Part 4: Law and Liberty......Page 395
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty......Page 397
Gerald Dworkin: Paternalism......Page 409
Patrick Devlin: The Enforcement of Morals......Page 419
H. L. A. Hart: Law, Liberty, and Morality......Page 431
Additional Readings......Page 439
John Doe v. University of Michigan......Page 440
Texas v. Johnson......Page 447
Cohen v. California......Page 453
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan......Page 456
New York Times Co. v. United States......Page 462
Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America......Page 466
Hernandez v. Commonwealth of Virginia......Page 468
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale......Page 469
Miller v. California......Page 478
Paris Adult Theater I v. Slaton......Page 482
Edwards v. Aguillard......Page 488
Van Orden v. Perry......Page 495
Griswold v. Connecticut......Page 499
Roe v. Wade......Page 504
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey......Page 508
Bowers v. Hardwick......Page 522
Lawrence v. Texas......Page 527
Loving v. Virginia......Page 535
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health......Page 537
Part 5: Punishment......Page 545
Chapter 20: A Utilitarian Account of Punishment......Page 551
Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation......Page 553
Chapter 21: Retributivism I A Kantian Theory of Punishment......Page 563
Immanuel Kant: The Right of Punishing and Pardoning......Page 565
Chapter 22: Retributivism II Fair Play......Page 569
Herbert Morris: Persons and Punishment......Page 570
Chapter 23: Retributivism III The Value of Victims......Page 581
Jean Hampton: A New Theory of Retribution......Page 582
Randy Barnett: Restitution......Page 593
Chapter 25: Restorative Justice......Page 605
Gorden Bazemore: Three Paradigms for Juvenile Justice......Page 606
Additional Readings......Page 622
Miranda v. Arizona......Page 623
Gregg v. Georgia......Page 634
McCleskey v. Kemp......Page 642
Atkins v. Virginia......Page 653
Roper v. Simmons......Page 660
Rummel v. Estelle......Page 673
Hamdi v. Rumfeld......Page 677
The Insanity Defense: M’Naghten and Durham......Page 687
State v. Kelly......Page 695
Part 6: Constitutional Interpretation......Page 703
Chapter 26: The Moral Reading of the Constitution......Page 705
Ronald Dworkin: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution......Page 706
The Bill of Rights and Selected Other Amendments to the Constitution of the United States......Page 723
Glossary......Page 729