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082 _a340.115000
_bHEA
100 _aHead Michael
245 _aLaw in perspective : Ethics, society and critical thinking
260 _aDelhi
_bUniversal Law Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.
_c2006
300 _a421p
_cvii
365 _b Rs. 450
505 _aCONTENTS; Preface vii; Introduction 1; SECTION ONE: LOGIC, SCIENCE AND LAW 9; CHAPTER 1 Basic concepts of logical reasoning 11; CHAPTER 2 Legal reasoning 35; CHAPTER 3 Formal fallacies and fallacies of relevance 49; CHAPTER 4 Weak induction and presumption 61; CHAPTER 5 Science and statistics 76; CHAPTER 6 Causation and the precautionary principle 95; CHAPTER 7 Theoretical hypotheses 116; SECTION TWO: ETHICS, SOCIAL THEORY AND LAW 137; CHAPTER 8 Metaethics, rights and equality 139; CHAPTER 9 Normative ethics 169; CHAPTER 10 Natural law and legal positivism 181; CHAPTER 11 Liberalism 204; CHAPTER 12 Marxism and law 219; CHAPTER 13 Efficiency and the market 234; CHAPTER 14 Regulating the market 258; CHAPTER 15 Is the market just? 270; CHAPTER 16 Inheritance and returns to assets 284; SECTION THREE: LAW AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS 299; CHAPTER 17 Tort law reform 301; CHAPTER 18 Freedom of the will and criminal culpability 314y; CHAPTER 19 Crime and punishment 338; CHAPTER 20 Terrorism and democratic rights 352; CHAPTER 21 Refugees and the nation-state 370; Notes 386; Index 404.
650 _a1. Sociological Jurisprudence 2. Law & Ethics
700 _aScottmann
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_cBK