1st Edition
A Contractarian Approach to Law and Justice Live and Let Live
By William E. O’Brian Jr.
Copyright 2021
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents a distinctive version of a contractarian approach to law and justice. The work argues that law and justice are social norms that arise from a process of social evolution, and are binding only if and to the extent that they are mutually beneficial. It explicitly rejects accounts of law and justice that are based on morality, on the basis that morality itself is only legitimately... Read more
Introduction;
Chapter One: Antecedents;
Chapter Two: Moral Irrealism;
Chapter Three: A Conractarian Approach;
Chapter Four: The Sovereignty Principle;
Chapter Five: Sovereignty And Freedom;
Chapter Six: The Principle Of Cooperation;
Chapter Seven: Private Property;
Chapter Eight: Private Law;
Chapter Nine: Democracy And Statutory Law;
Chapter Ten: Federalism On Steroids;
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion;
Biography
William E. O’Brian Jr. is Associate Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UK.
