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