Law's meaning of life : philosophy, religion, Darwin and the legal person / Ngaire Naffine.
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- 9781841138664 (pbk.) :
- 9781841138664 (pbk.)
- 340.1 NAF
- K235
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340.1 HAR The concept of law / | 340.1 KEA Jurisprudence / | 340.1 KEL A short history of western legal theory / | 340.1 NAF Law's meaning of life : philosophy, religion, Darwin and the legal person / | 340.1 PAT Philosophy of law and legal theory : an anthology / | 340.1 PAT Philosophy of law and legal theory : an anthology / | 340.1 PAT A companion to philosophy of law and legal theory / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
1. The question: Who is law for? 2. The debate: legalists v. realists 3. Strictly legal persons 4. Loosening the strictures 5. Moral agents and responsibilities 6. Persons of limited reason 7. The divine spark: the principle of human sanctity 8. Human and non-human animals: the implications of Darwin 9. Embodiment: humans as biological beings 10. The myths we live by.
The perennial question posed by the philosophically-inclined lawyer is 'what is law?' or perhaps 'what is the nature of law?'. This title poses an associated, but no less fundamental question about law which has received much less attention in the legal literature: 'who is law for?'.