Law, Morality, and the Private Domain

by Raymond Wacks

Are judges morally accountable? Is legal validity value-free? Do animals have rights? These are some of the questions considered in this collection of essays. Moral problems, argues Professor Raymond Wacks, pervade the legal system, and he shows how the judicial function, the sources of legitimacy, and the protection of rights have an inescapable ethical dimension. The second part of the book focuses on the private domain and the legal concept of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622095232
• ISBN13: 9789622095236
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher