Hume and Law

Contents: Introduction; Part I Law and Legal Theory: David Hume and the 18th-century conception of natural law, Philip Milton; David Hume and the empiricist theory of law, Sheldon Wein; David Hume's legal theory: the significance of general laws, Neil McArthur; The place of Hume in the history of jurisprudence, Alfons Beitzinger. Part II Justice: Origins: David Hume and justice, Ian F.G. Baxter; Hume and Rawls on the circumstances and priority of justice, Andrew Lister; Obligation: Legal obligation in Hume, Luigi Bagolini; Hume's reply to the Sensible Knave, Gerald J. Postema; Hume's Knave and the interests of justice, Jason Baldwin; Content and Scope of Justice: From order to justice, Russell Hardin; Rule-utilitarianism and Hume's theory of justice, Alistair Macleod; Hume on justice to animals, Indians and women, Arthur Kuflik. Part III Property: Hume's theory of property, George E. Panichas; Property and possession: two replies to Locke - Hume and Hegel, Christopher J. Berry; The advantages and difficulties of the Humean theory of property, Jeremy Waldron. Part IV Contract: Promises: Rules, rights and promises, G.E.M. Anscombe; Promises, promises, promises, Annette Baier. Part V Law and Government: including social contract: Hume and Kant on the social contract, Jeffrie G. Murphy; Hume and contractarianism, Frederick G. Whelan; The shackles of virtue: Hume on allegiance to government, Rachel Cohon; Hume and the future of the society of nations, R.J. Glossop. Part VI Liberty: The preservation of liberty, Nicholas Capaldi. Part VII Causation: Philosophical preliminaries, H.L.A. Hart and Tony Honore. Part VIII Responsibility and Punishment: Character, purpose, and criminal responsibility, Michael D. Bayles; Hume on responsibility and punishment, Paul Russell; Hume on punishment, A. Wesley Cragg; To exclude or not to exclude improperly obtained evidence: is a Humean approach more helpful?, James Allan; Name index.

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