The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions

by Peter Suber

Book Overview

The Case of the Speluncean Explorers, written in 1949 by Lon Fuller, is the first famous fictitious legal case of all time. Describing a case of trapped travellers who are forcd to cannibalize one of their team, it is used on courses in philosophy of law and Jurisprudence to show how their trial upon rescue touches on key concepts in philosophy and legal theory such as utilitarianism and naturalism. The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415185467
• ISBN13: 9780415185462
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary