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Full-Text Articles in Law
Professor Hart On Legal Obligation, Barry Hoffmaster
Professor Hart On Legal Obligation, Barry Hoffmaster
C. Barry Hoffmaster
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Universalizability And Prescriptivity In Practical Reasoning, Robert Justin Lipkin
Universalizability And Prescriptivity In Practical Reasoning, Robert Justin Lipkin
Robert Justin Lipkin
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The Twilight Of Welfare Criminology, Stephen J. Morse
The Twilight Of Welfare Criminology, Stephen J. Morse
All Faculty Scholarship
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Vietnam Amnesty – Problems Of Justice And Line-Drawing, Kent Greenawalt
Vietnam Amnesty – Problems Of Justice And Line-Drawing, Kent Greenawalt
Faculty Scholarship
The troublesome issue of pardon for crimes connected with the Vietnam War raises some of the most complex and difficult questions in the philosophy of law. What are the purposes of criminal punishment? Under what conditions is violation of obligations imposed by law morally justified? When, and on what conditions, is it proper to excuse those who have violated the law for conscientious reasons? How much should decisions whether to pardon turn on what offenders "deserve" and how much should they turn on what will be socially acceptable and promote future social harmony? How far should the desirability of dispositions …