Overview
- Unique introduction to the philosophy of law using cases primarily drawn from family law
- Organizes and discusses traditional philosophical problems in the law, as these problems arise in family case law
- Includes contemporary legal debates about children's rights, access to marriage, surrogate motherhood, and disposal of frozen embryos
Part of the book series: AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice (AMIN, volume 7)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Law, Morals and the Constitution
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Front Matter
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State Intervention in the Family
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Front Matter
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Marriage, Children and the State
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Front Matter
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Contract and Property Disputes Arising from Alternative Birth Methods
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Alternative Approaches to the Philosophy of Law
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Keywords
- Introduction to Legal Philosophy
- Jurisprudence versus Philosophy of Law
- Natural Law Theory
- Family Law
- Rape and Forced Marriage
- John Austin
- H.L.A. Hart
- Legal Positivism
- Ronald Dworkin
- Lon Fuller
- Concept of “Person” in the U.S. Constitution
- Harm to Mother and Child
- Selling Babies and Renting Bodies
- Forced Procreation
- Thomas Hobbes
- Herbert Spencer
- John Locke and J.S. Mill
- Rights of Children
- Custodial Status of Children
- Marital Benefits and Burdens
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Laurence Houlgate is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has previously held professorships at the University of California, Santa Barbara and George Mason University, Virginia. He has published many articles in legal and philosophical journals and is the author of The Child and the State, Family and State, and Morals, Marriage and Parenthood.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy, Law and the Family
Book Subtitle: A New Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
Authors: Laurence D. Houlgate
Series Title: AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51121-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51120-7Published: 09 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84572-2Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51121-4Published: 21 January 2017
Series ISSN: 1873-877X
Series E-ISSN: 2351-9851
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 283
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Law, Family