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Ethics And The 21st Century University, Judith Bailey

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University

Constitutional Decision Rules, Mitchell N. Berman

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Race, Face, And Rawls, Anita L. Allen

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Human Rights And National Security: The Strategic Correlation, William W. Burke-White

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Humanity And The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

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Lawyer For The Situation, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

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Ripstein, Rawls, And Responsibility, Stephen R. Perry

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Functional Law And Economics: The Search For Value-Neutral Principles Of Lawmaking, Francesco Parisi, Jonathan Klick

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Racism's Past And Law's Future, Vivian Grosswald Curran

Articles

Legal scholars, lawmakers and, increasingly, the general public seem to place ever-increasing hope in the potential of law and legal theory, and of enforceable uniform international legal standards. Many appear to believe that identifying and enacting laws and a legal framework that correspond worldwide to human rights will solve the age-old problem of legalized barbarism. The historical propensity of courts, even in democratic states, to legitimate and enable racist policies provides compelling evidence that the current level of faith in law is misplaced.

This Article argues the limitations of law and legal theory, contesting the view that on their own …

Reason, Results, And Criminal Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse

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"The Shame Of It All": Stigma And The Political Disenfranchisement Of Formerly Convicted And Incarcerated Persons, Regina Austin

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The Social And Moral Cost Of Mass Incarceration In African American Communities, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Torture, Necessity, And The Union Of Law & Philosophy, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan

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This brief essay critiques the torture memoranda's use of the necessity defense from the perspectives of criminal law doctrine, criminal law theory, and moral philosophy.