Law, Morality and Rights

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Working Conceptions of “The Law”

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Working Conceptions of “The Law”

      • Robert S. Summers

      Pages 3-29

   3. Rules and Reason

      • J. L. Mackie

      Pages 31-42

   4. The Role of the Judge

      • Tony Honoré

      Pages 43-50

   5. Concluding Comments

      • Robert S. Summers

      Pages 51-63

3. Justification and Precedent

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Justification as Coherence

      • Marsha Hanen

      Pages 67-92

   3. Precedent, Discretion and Fairness

      • Roger A. Shiner

      Pages 93-136

4. Rights and Claims

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Rights and Claims

      • Alan R. White

      Pages 139-160

   3. Rights, Claims and Remedies

      • Neil MacCormick

      Pages 161-181

   4. Rights and Justified Claims

      • Sam Coval

      Pages 183-187

   5. Concluding Comments

      • Alan R. White

      Pages 189-198

5. Obscenity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. The Tendency to Deprave and Corrupt

      • A. D. Woozley

      Pages 201-222

   3. Obscenity and the Law

      • A. W. B. Simpson

      Pages 223-238

   4. Obscenity and the Law in Practice

      • Geoffrey Robertson

      Pages 239-248

   5. Concluding Comments

      • A. D. Woozley

      Pages 249-255

6. Reverse Discrimination

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy has been sponsoring conferences in alternate years since 1969. These have from the start been intended to be of interest to persons who are not philosophers by profession. They have mainly focused on interdisciplinary areas such as the philosophies of psychology, education and the social sciences. The volumes arising from these conferences have in­ cluded discussions between philosophers and distinguished prac­ titioners of other disciplines relevant to the chosen topic. Beginning with the 1979 conference on 'Law, Morality and Rights' and the 1981 conference on 'Space, Time and Causality' these volumes are now constituted as a series. It is hoped that this series will contribute to advancing philosophical understanding at the frontiers of philosophy and areas of interest to non-philos­ ophers. It is hoped that it will do so by writing which reduces technicalities as much as the subject-matter permits. In this way the series is intended to demonstrate that philosophy can be clear and worthwhile in itself and at the same time relevant to the interests of lay people.

• coherence
• concept
• education
• interdisciplinary
• morality
• oral discourse
• philosophy
• psychology
• reason
• retributivism
• subject
• time
• will
• writing

• Department of Philosophy, University of Lancaster, UK

  M. A. Stewart

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