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Full-Text Articles in Law and Philosophy
Contract Law, Default Rules, And The Philosophy Of Promising, Richard Craswell
Contract Law, Default Rules, And The Philosophy Of Promising, Richard Craswell
Michigan Law Review
Among the topics addressed by moral philosophy is the obligation to keep one's promises. To many philosophers, there is something strange (or, at least, something calling for explanatie1n) in the idea that moral obligations can be created simply by an individual's saying so yet this is what seems to happen when a person makes a promise. Consequently, there is by now a large body of literature attempting to identify the exact source and nature of this moral obligation.
Part I of this article presents a more detailed survey of recent philosophical writings about promises, for the benefit of legal readers …
The Constitution's Accommodation Of Social Change, Philip A. Hamburger
The Constitution's Accommodation Of Social Change, Philip A. Hamburger
Michigan Law Review
Did the framers and ratifiers of the United States Constitution think that changes in American society would require changes in the text or interpretation of the Constitution? If those who created the Constitution understood or even anticipated the possibility of major social alterations, how did they expect constitutional law - text and interpretation - to accommodate such developments?
The effect of social change upon constitutional law was an issue the framers and ratifiers frequently discussed. For example, when AntiFederalists complained of the Constitution's failure to protect the jury trial in civil cases, Federalists responded that a change of circumstances might, …
Introducing Criminal Law, Stephen J. Morse
Introducing Criminal Law, Stephen J. Morse
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Bad Acts and Guilty Minds: Conundrums of the Criminal Law by Leo Katz, and Crime, Guilt, and Punishment: A Philosophical Introduction by C.L. Ten
The Right To Disobey, Joel Feinberg
The Right To Disobey, Joel Feinberg
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Conflicts of Law and Morality by Kent Greenwalt