Philosophy of Law The Supreme Court's Need for Libertarian Law

Başlık:

ISBN:

9783030283605

Personal Author:

Block, Walter E. author.

Edition:

1st ed. 2019.

Yayın Bilgileri:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Fiziksel Tanımlama:

IX, 520 p. 2 illus. online resource.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism,

Contents:

Part I. Discrimination -- Chapter 1: Gender Equity in Athletics -- Chapter 2: Should the Government be Allowed to Discriminate? -- Chapter 3: Christian Landlords: Sinners Need Not Apply -- Chapter 4: The Boy Scouts' Right to Discriminate -- Chapter 5: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace -- Part II. Education -- Chapter 6: Forcing Some to Pay for the Free Speech of Others -- Chapter 7: Direct Payment of Scholarships to Church-Related Colleges -- Part III. Environment -- Chapter 8: The Unintended Consequences of Environmental Justice -- Chapter 9: Environmental Justice Risks in the Petroleum Industry -- Chapter 10: Environmental Takings: the Case for Full Water Privatization -- Chapter 11: The value of private water rights -- Part IV. Health -- Chapter 12: Human Organ Transplantation: Economic and Legal Issues -- Chapter 13: America's Failing Drug Control Laws -- Part V. Crime -- Chapter 14: Taking the assets of the criminal to compensate victims of violence -- Chapter 15: Resolving the Abortion Controversy -- Chapter 16. The IRS Joins the Boardroom.

Abstract:

Looking at discrimination, education, environment, health and crime, this volume analyses United States Supreme Court rulings on several legal issues and proposed libertarian solutions to each problem. Setting their own liberal theory of law, each chapter discusses the law at hand, what it should be, and what it would be if their political economic philosophy were the justification of the legal practice. Covering issues such as sexual harassment, religion, markets in human organs, drug prohibition and abortion, this book is a timely contribution to classical liberal debate on law and economics.

Subject Term:

Law and economics.

Political science -- Philosophy.

Law -- Philosophy.

Law -- History.

Law and the social sciences.

Commercial law.

Economic policy.

Political Philosophy.

Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

Socio-Legal Studies.

Business Law.