Law in Perspective: Ethics, Society and Critical ThinkingUNSW Press, 2005 - 421 pages Encourages critical, responsible and creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and as a social institution. It explores the relationships between law, logic and science, examines the socio-economic role of law and asks what role the legal system plays in alleviating or exacerbating contemporary social problems, such as crime and punishment, terrorism, refugees and tort law reform. |
Contents
Legal reasoning | 35 |
Formal fallacies and fallacies of relevance | 49 |
Science and statistics | 76 |
Causation and the precautionary principle | 95 |
Theoretical hypotheses | 116 |
SECTION | 137 |
Normative ethics | 169 |
Liberalism | 204 |
Is the market just? | 270 |
Inheritance and returns to assets | 284 |
SECTION THREE LAW AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS | 299 |
Tort law reform | 301 |
Freedom of the will and criminal culpability | 314 |
Crime and punishment | 338 |
Terrorism and democratic rights | 352 |
Refugees and the nationstate | 370 |
Other editions - View all
Law in Perspective: Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking Michael Head,Scott Mann Limited preview - 2008 |
Law in Perspective: Ethics, Society, and Critical Thinking Michael Head,Scott Mann No preview available - 2009 |
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