Coercion

Alan Wertheimer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

334 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60874-7 (ISBN)

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Wertheimer attempts to move beyond previous theories of coercion by conducting a fairly extensive survey of the way in which cases involving coercion have been treated by American courts. This impressive project occupies the first half of the book, where he makes a convincing case that there is a fairly unified 'theory of coercion' at work in adjudication, past and present. This legal theory, however, is not entirely adequate for the purposes of social and political philosophy, and the last half of the book develops Wertheimer's more comprehensive philosophical theory. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ONE. INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*Two. CONTRACTS, pg. 19*THREE. TORTS: ASSUMED RISK AND INFORMED CONSENT, pg. 54*FOUR. MARRIAGE, ADOPTION, AND WILLS, pg. 71*FIVE. BLACKMAIL AND COERCIVE SPEECH, pg. 90*SIX. CONFESSIONS AND SEARCHES, pg. 104*SEVEN. PLEA BARGAINING, pg. 122*EIGHT. DURESS AND NECESSITY AS DEFENSES IN THE CRIMINAL LAW, pg. 144*NINE. COERCION AND THE LAW: CONCLUSION, pg. 170*TEN. THE LANGUAGE OF COERCION, pg. 179*ELEVEN. NO CHOICE, pg. 192*TWELVE. COERCIVE PROPOSALS: I, pg. 202*THIRTEEN. COERCIVE PROPOSALS: II, pg. 222*FOURTEEN. MORALITY, INTENTIONALITY, AND FREEDOM, pg. 242*FIFTEEN. FROM COERCIVE PROPOSALS TO COERCION, pg. 267*SIXTEEN. COERCION AND VOLUNTARINESS, pg. 287*SEVENTEEN. CONCLUSION, pg. 307*INDEX, pg. 311

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-691-60874-1 / 0691608741
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60874-7 / 9780691608747
Zustand	Neuware