The Justification of the Law

Clarence Morris

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1972

The Justification of the Law

Clarence Morris

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512804638

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About this book

Clarence Morris argues that the more the law implements the public's genuine and important aspirations—not its desires for individual gratification but the social, deep-seated unselfish, nonexploitable aspirations—the more just the legal system becomes.

Author / Editor information

Clarence Morris was Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He was editor of The Great Legal Philosophers: Selected Readings in Jurisprudence, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introductory Schema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Law, Justice, and the Public's Aspirations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2. The Austerity of the True and the Sociality of the Just Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 3. On Liberation and Liberty: Marcuse's and Mill's Essays Compared Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 4. Law and Logic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 5. Enacted Law: Eighteenth-Century Hopes and Twentieth-Century Accomplishments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 6. Law, Reason, and Sociology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 7. The Board of Punishments' Interpretation of the Chinese Imperial Code Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 8. The Rights and Duties of Beasts and Trees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1972
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Law; Philosophy; Human Rights

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512804638