Philosophical issues in law : cases and materials /
Kipnis, Kenneth
Philosophical issues in law : cases and materials / Kenneth Kipnis. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1977. - xii, 337 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents;
Section one: Strict liability in the criminal law
1. Legal responsibility and excuses
2. Strict liability in the criminal law
Section two: The enforcement of community standards
3. Morals and the criminal law
4. Democracy and morality
5. From social philosophy
6. Liberty and indecency
Section three: The legal duty to render aid
7. Law, morals and rescue
8. A theory of strict liability
9. The Marxist conception of violence
Section four: The prosecution of the conscientious violator
10. Dissent 1968
11. On not prosecuting civil disobedience
Section five: Preferential treatment
12. Classification by race in compensatory programs
13. Reserve discrimination as unjustified
14. Preferential hiring
15. "It's mine"
Section six: Plea bargaining
16. Perspectives on plea bargaining
17. Criminal justice and the negotiated plea
Bibliography : p. 325-337.
0136622968
76040412
Law
Law--Philosophy.
340.1 / KIP
Philosophical issues in law : cases and materials / Kenneth Kipnis. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1977. - xii, 337 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents;
Section one: Strict liability in the criminal law
1. Legal responsibility and excuses
2. Strict liability in the criminal law
Section two: The enforcement of community standards
3. Morals and the criminal law
4. Democracy and morality
5. From social philosophy
6. Liberty and indecency
Section three: The legal duty to render aid
7. Law, morals and rescue
8. A theory of strict liability
9. The Marxist conception of violence
Section four: The prosecution of the conscientious violator
10. Dissent 1968
11. On not prosecuting civil disobedience
Section five: Preferential treatment
12. Classification by race in compensatory programs
13. Reserve discrimination as unjustified
14. Preferential hiring
15. "It's mine"
Section six: Plea bargaining
16. Perspectives on plea bargaining
17. Criminal justice and the negotiated plea
Bibliography : p. 325-337.
0136622968
76040412
Law
Law--Philosophy.
340.1 / KIP