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Selections from "The Province of Jurisprudence Determined and the Uses of the Study of Jurisprudence" (PDF) by John Austin. |
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"Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules" (PDF) by H. L. A. Hart. |
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Selections from "Taking Rights Seriously" (PDF) by Ronald Dworkin. |
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Selections from "Law's Empire" (PDF) by Ronald Dworkin. |
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"Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws" and "Comment" (PDF) by Antonin Scalia and Ronald Dworkin. |
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"The Conflict Between Authority and Autonomy" (PDF) by Robert Paul Wolff. |
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"Is There a Prima Facie Obligation to Obey the Law?" (PDF) by M. B. E. Smith. |
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Selections from "Law's Empire" (PDF) by Ronald Dworkin. |
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"Authority and Justification" (PDF) by Joseph Raz. |
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"The Justification of Civil Disobedience" (PDF) by John Rawls. |
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Selections from "Causation In The Law" (PDF) by H. L. A. Hart and Tony Honore. |
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"Decision Theory and the Factfinding Process" (PDF) by John Kaplan. |
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"Liability and Individualized Evidence"(PDF) by Judith Jarvis Thomson. |
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"Crime and Punishment: Distinguishing the Roles of Causal and Intentional Analyses Moral Judgment" (PDF) by Fiery Cushman. |
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"The Punishment That Leaves Something to Chance" (PDF) by David Lewis. |
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Selections from "An Introduction to The Principles of Morals and Legislation" (PDF) by Jeremy Bentham. |
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"Two Concepts of Rules" (PDF) by John Rawls. |
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"The Liberal Argument from On Liberty" (PDF) by John Stuart Mill. |
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"Paternalism" (PDF) by Gerald Dworkin. |
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"A Theory of Freedom of Expression" (PDF) by Thomas Scanlon. |
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"Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts" (PDF) by Rae Langton. |
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"Wrongful Life, Procreative Responsibility, and the Significance of Harm" (PDF) by Seana Valentine Shiffrin. |
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No reading. Screening of the film "Reversal of Fortune". (PDF)
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"Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues" (PDF) by Richard Wasserstrom. |
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"Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris" (PDF) by Arthur Applbaum. |