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Brooks Thom

Locke and Law - Aldershot Ashgate 2007 - 499p xi - Philosophers and Law .

Table of Contents:
Series preface;
Introduction;
Part I Natural Law and Natural Rights: Locke on natural law and property rights, David C. Snyder;
Limiting Locke: a natural law justification for the fair use doctrine, Benjamin G. Damstedt;
The shape of Lockean rights: fairness, pareto, moderation, and consent, Richard J. Arnesen;
Part II Property: Original acquisition of private property, Leif Wenar; Locke, property, and progressive taxes, Donna M. Byrne ; Nozick and Locke: filling the space of rights, Jeremy Waldron;
Part III Abortion: The prize and the price of individual agency: another perspective on abortion and liberal government, Kimberley Sharron Dunn;
Part IV Constitutional Law: John Locke's doctrine of the separation of powers: a re-evaluation, Suri Ratnapala; Reason to ratify: the influence of John Locke's religious beliefs on the creation and adoption of the United States Constitution, David L. Wardle; John Locke's political plan, or, there's no such thing as judicial impartiality (and it's a good thing too), John M. Kang;
Part V Law and Society: Radical evil in the Lockean state: the neglect of the political emotions, Martha C. Nussbaum;
Part VI Punishment: Locke and the right to punish, A. John Simmons; Locke on punishment and the death penalty, Brian Calvert;
Part VII Tolerance and Civil Disobedience: 'We the people': John Locke, collective constitutional right, and standing to challenge government action, Donald L. Doernberg; Political Freedom, James Tully;
Locke, sincerity, and the rationality of persecution, Paul Bou-Habib ;
Name index.


ISBN: 9780754626787

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Jurisprudence - Philosophy

Dewey Class. No.: 340.100000 / BRO