Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

1996

Law and Society

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Articles 1 - 9 of 9

Full-Text Articles in Law

Principled Silence, Tobias Barrington Wolff Jan 1996

Principled Silence, Tobias Barrington Wolff

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

"Our National Hearthstone": Anti-Polygamy Fiction And The Sentimental Campaign Against Moral Diversity In Antebellum America, Sarah Barringer Gordon Jan 1996

"Our National Hearthstone": Anti-Polygamy Fiction And The Sentimental Campaign Against Moral Diversity In Antebellum America, Sarah Barringer Gordon

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Making Criminal Codes Functional: A Code Of Conduct And A Code Of Adjudication, Paul H. Robinson, Peter D. Greene, Natasha R. Goldstein Jan 1996

Making Criminal Codes Functional: A Code Of Conduct And A Code Of Adjudication, Paul H. Robinson, Peter D. Greene, Natasha R. Goldstein

All Faculty Scholarship

A traditional criminal code performs several functions. It announces the law's commands to those whose conduct it seeks to influence. It also defines the rules to be used in deciding whether a breach of the law's commands will result in criminal liability and, if so, the grade or degree of liability. In serving the first function, the code addresses all members of the public. In performing the second function, it addresses lawyers, judges, jurors, and others who play a role in the adjudication process. In part because of these different audiences, the two functions call for different kinds of documents. …

Go to article

Self-Defense As A Rational Excuse, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 1996

Self-Defense As A Rational Excuse, Claire Oakes Finkelstein

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Territoriality And Moral Dissensus: Thoughts On Abortion, Slavery, Gay Marriage And Family Values, Seth F. Kreimer Jan 1996

Territoriality And Moral Dissensus: Thoughts On Abortion, Slavery, Gay Marriage And Family Values, Seth F. Kreimer

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Two-Parent Family In The Liberal State: The Case For Selective Subsidies, Amy L. Wax Jan 1996

The Two-Parent Family In The Liberal State: The Case For Selective Subsidies, Amy L. Wax

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Race And The New Reproduction, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1996

Race And The New Reproduction, Dorothy E. Roberts

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

A Feminist Social Justice Approach To Reproduction-Assisting Technologies: A Case Study On The Limits Of Liberal Theory, Joan C. Callahan, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1996

A Feminist Social Justice Approach To Reproduction-Assisting Technologies: A Case Study On The Limits Of Liberal Theory, Joan C. Callahan, Dorothy E. Roberts

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article

On The Genealogy Of Moral Hazard, Tom Baker Jan 1996

On The Genealogy Of Moral Hazard, Tom Baker

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Go to article