This book asks whether just war theory and its rules for determining when war is justified remains adequate to the challenges posed by contemporary developments. Some argue that the nature of contemporary war makes these rules obsolete. By carefully examining the phenomena of intervention, terrorism, and torture from a number of different perspectives, the essays in this book explore this complex set of issues with insight and clarity.
This book asks whether just war theory and its rules for determining when war is justified remains adequate to the challenges posed by contemporary...
A signal feature of legal and political institutions is that they exercise coercive power. The essays in this volume examine institutional coercion with the aim of trying to understand its nature, justification and limits. Included are essays that take a fresh look at perennial questions - what, if anything, can legitimate state exercises of coercive force? What is coercion in politics and law? - and essays that take a first or nearly first look at newer questions - may the state coercively hold certain terrorists indefinitely? Does the state coerce those seeking to join in same-sex...
A signal feature of legal and political institutions is that they exercise coercive power. The essays in this volume examine institutional coercion...
This volume examines three questions: Why do we value freedom of speech and expression? How does freedom balance multicultural sensitivity, minority rights and prevention of violence? Can traditional defenses of freedom of speech translate to other cultures?
This volume examines three questions: Why do we value freedom of speech and expression? How does freedom balance multicultural sensitivity, minority r...
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of fundamental principles of democracy and the meaning of democracy today. It explores the influence of big money and capitalism on democracy, the role of information and the media in democratic elections, and constitutional issues that challenge democracy in the wake of increased threats to privacy since 2001 and in light of the Citizens United decision of the US Supreme Court.
It juxtaposes alternate positions from experts in law and philosophy and examines the question of legitimacy, as well as questions about the access to...
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of fundamental principles of democracy and the meaning of democracy today. It explores the influen...
A signal feature of legal and political institutions is that they exercise coercive power. The essays in this volume examine institutional coercion with the aim of trying to understand its nature, justification and limits. Included are essays that take a fresh look at perennial questions - what, if anything, can legitimate state exercises of coercive force? What is coercion in politics and law? - and essays that take a first or nearly first look at newer questions - may the state coercively hold certain terrorists indefinitely? Does the state coerce those seeking to join in same-sex...
A signal feature of legal and political institutions is that they exercise coercive power. The essays in this volume examine institutional coercion...
This volume examines three questions: Why do we value freedom of speech and expression? How does freedom balance multicultural sensitivity, minority rights and prevention of violence? Can traditional defenses of freedom of speech translate to other cultures?
This volume examines three questions: Why do we value freedom of speech and expression? How does freedom balance multicultural sensitivity, minority r...
This book asks whether just war theory and its rules for determining when war is justified remains adequate to the challenges posed by contemporary developments. Some argue that the nature of contemporary war makes these rules obsolete. By carefully examining the phenomena of intervention, terrorism, and torture from a number of different perspectives, the essays in this book explore this complex set of issues with insight and clarity.
This book asks whether just war theory and its rules for determining when war is justified remains adequate to the challenges posed by contemporary de...
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of interrelated normative questions concerning immigration and citizenship in relation to the global context of multiple nation states. In it, philosophers and scholars from the social sciences address both fundamental questions in moral and political philosophy as well as specific issues concerning policy. Topics covered in this volume include: the concept and the role of citizenship, the equal rights and representation of citizens, general moral frameworks for addressing immigration issues, the duty to obey immigration law, the use of...
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of interrelated normative questions concerning immigration and citizenship in relation to the glob...
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of fundamental principles of democracy and the meaning of democracy today. It explores the influence of big money and capitalism on democracy, the role of information and the media in democratic elections, and constitutional issues that challenge democracy in the wake of increased threats to privacy since 2001 and in light of the Citizens United decision of the US Supreme Court.
It juxtaposes alternate positions from experts in law and philosophy and examines the question of legitimacy, as well as questions about the access to...
This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of fundamental principles of democracy and the meaning of democracy today. It explores the influen...
This textbook uses cases in family law to illustrate both traditional philosophical problems in the law as well as problems that are unique to family law.
This textbook uses cases in family law to illustrate both traditional philosophical problems in the law as well as problems that are unique to family ...
