Philosophy of Law Page
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Ed Teall                                                   
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This is the central location for information relating to the philosophy of law course offered at Mount Saint Mary College. This provides course related material as well as a listing of resources for any person interested in studying the philosophy of law. This site is in a developmental stage, so check back occasionally to look for updates.

Course Material

This is the pertinent information for Philosophy of Law, PHL 307. The links are to the most recent course syllabus and schedule

Course Syllabus

Course Schedule

Philosophy of Law Resources

This is a developing list of Internet resources for studying philosophy of law. The list is organized by topics discussed in the philosophy of law course. A fourth section proivdes links to general resources to the study of philosophy of law.

The Nature of Law

Jurisprudence
A short description of philosophy of law from the Legal Information Institute.

Philosophy of Law
Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Natural Law Theory

Definition
A short definition for Dictionary.LaborLawTalk.com.

Natural Law
Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Legal Positivism

Defnintion
A short definition for Dictionary.LaborLawTalk.com.

Legal Positivism
Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Legal Positivism
Article from the Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Legal Realism

American Legal Realism by Brian Leiter
An article that sets out he main point of the American verison of legal realism.

Defnintion
A short definition for Dictionary.LaborLawTalk.com.

Definition
from Wikipedia.

Rights

Mill on Rights
An outline of Chapter 5 of Utilitariansim.

Natural Law and Natural Rights by James A. Donald
A short article looking at the natural law foundation of claim of natural rights.

Natural Rights
A short article form the Columbia Encyclopedia.

On Liberty
Mill's major essay on rights. (PDF file)

Punishment

The Case Against Punishment, Chapter 1 by Deirdre Golash
An examination of whehter punishment can be justified.

The Justificaiton of Punishment by James Marshall
An examination of the major views on the justification of punishment.

Punishment
Article from the Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Rationale of Punishment
Bentham's work on the utilitarian grouns of punishment.

General Resources

Find Law
This the Find Law - Internet Legal Resources search engine.

Law Crawler
This is the Law Crawler search engine. It is connected to the Find Law organization.

Legal Information Institute
This site has resources on federal and New York laws and court decisions and some links to information in other states.

Supreme Court Decisions
This is a link to the Legal Information Institute web site which provides hypertext verions of recent Supreme Court decisions. Other information about the Supreme Court is available here as well.

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