Description for Virtue Jurisprudence
Hardcover. This book is the first authoritative text on virtue jurisprudence - the belief that the final end of law is not to maximize preference satisfaction or protect certain rights and privileges, but to promote human flourishing. Scholars of law, philosophy and politics illustrate here the value of the virtue ethics tradition to modern legal theory. Editor(s): Farrelly, Colin; Solum, Lawrence. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
This book is the first authoritative text on virtue jurisprudence - the belief that the final end of law is not to maximize preference satisfaction or protect certain rights and privileges, but to promote human flourishing. Scholars of law, philosophy and politics illustrate here the value of the virtue ethics tradition to modern legal theory.
This book is the first authoritative text on virtue jurisprudence - the belief that the final end of law is not to maximize preference satisfaction or protect certain rights and privileges, but to promote human flourishing. Scholars of law, philosophy and politics illustrate here the value of the virtue ethics tradition to modern legal theory.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230552890
SKU
V9780230552890
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ANTONY DUFF Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling, Scotland HEIDI LI FELDMAN Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, USA ROBERT GEORGE McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Princeton, USA KYRON HUIGENS Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, USA ROSALIND HURSTHOUSE Professor of Philosophy, The University of Auckland, New Zealand SUZANNA SHERRY Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership, ... Read more
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