"May and Brown's anthology on the Philosophy of Law is a useful and readily accessible resource for students and theorists. The editors have combined classical philosophical writings on core topics in philosophy of law with contemporary articles by both lawyers and philosophers, and the chapters are grouped under headings familiar to law students.

Preface ix Source Acknowledgments xii Introduction 1 Part I: Legal Reasoning 5 Introduction 7 1 An Introduction to Legal Reasoning 11 Edward H. Levi 2 Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons about how Statutes are to be Construed 23 Karl N. Llewellyn 3 Formalism 32 Frederick Schauer 4 Incompletely Theorized Agreements 43 Cass R. Sunstein 5 Custom, Opinio Juris, and Consent 54 Larry May 6 Lochner v. New York (1905) 70 Questions 77 Part II: Jurisprudence 79 Introduction 81 7 The Concept of Law 85 H. L. A. Hart 8 The Model of Rules I 99 Ronald Dworkin 9 Law as Justice 108 Michael S. Moore 10 The Economic Approach to Law 129 Richard A. Posner 11 The Distinction between Adjudication and Legislation 135 Duncan Kennedy 12 Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement 145 Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas 13 Feminist Legal Critics: The Reluctant Radicals 152 Patricia Smith 14 Riggs v. Palmer (1889) 164 Questions 170 Part III: International Law 171 Introduction 173 15 International Law 175 H. L. A. Hart 16 The Nature of Jus Cogens 184 Mark W. Janis 17 A Philosophy of International Law 187 Fernando R. Tesón 18 The Limits of International Law 200 Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner 19 The Internal Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention 209 Allen Buchanan 20 Humanitarian Intervention: Problems of Collective Responsibility 221 Larry May 21 Humanitarian Intervention: Some Doubts 233 Burleigh Wilkins 22 Prosecutor v. Tadić (1995) 240 Questions 244 Part IV: Property 245 Introduction 247 23 Of Property 251 John Locke 24 Locke’s Theory of Acquisition 258 Robert Nozick 25 Property, Title, and Redistribution 263 A. M. Honoré 26 Philosophical Implications 269 Richard A. Epstein 27 The Social Structure of Japanese Intellectual Property Law 281 Dan Rosen and Chikako Usui 28 Historical Rights and Fair Shares 286 A. John Simmons 29 International News Service v. Associated Press (1918) 291 Questions 299 Part V: Torts 301 Introduction 303 30 Causation and Responsibility 307 H. L. A. Hart and A. M. Honoré 31 Sua Culpa 315 Joel Feinberg 32 Fairness and Utility in Tort Theory 322 George P. Fletcher 33 Tort Liability and the Limits of Corrective Justice 330 Jules L. Coleman 34 A Theory of Strict Liability 338 Richard A. Epstein 35 The Question of a Duty to Rescue in Canadian Tort Law: An Answer From France 348 Mitchell McInnes 36 Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California (1976) 356 Questions 362 Part VI: Criminal Law 363 Introduction 365 37 On Liberty 369 John Stuart Mill 38 The Enforcement of Morals 377 Patrick Devlin 39 Crime and Punishment: An Indigenous African Experience 384 Egbeke Aja 40 The Mind and the Deed 392 Anthony Kenny 41 Between Impunity and Show Trials 402 Martti Koskenniemi 42 Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law 411 Mark Drumbl 43 Defending International Criminal Trials 423 Larry May 44 Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal (1945) 435 Justice Robert H. Jackson Questions 441 Part VII: Contracts 443 Introduction 445 45 Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts 449 Thomas Hobbes 46 The Practice of Promising 455 P. S. Atiyah 47 Contract as Promise 465 Charles Fried 48 Legally Enforceable Commitments 479 Michael D. Bayles 49 Unconscionability and Contracts 487 Alan Wertheimer 50 South African Contract Law: The Need for a Concept of Unconscionability 500 Lynn Berat 51 Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. (1965) 511 Questions 515 Part VIII: Constitutional Law 517 Introduction 519 52 Constitutional Cases 523 Ronald Dworkin 53 Does the Constitution Mean What It Always Meant? 535 Stephen R. Munzer and James W. Nickel 54 What’s Wrong with Chinese Rights? Toward a Theory of Rights with Chinese Characteristics 548 R. P. Peerenboom 55 Poverty and Constitutional Justice: The Indian Experience 569 Jeremy Cooper 56 Natural Law: Alive and Kicking? A Look at the Constitutional Morality of Sexual Privacy in Ireland 585 Rory O’Connell 57 Peremptory Norms as International Public Order 602 Alexander Orakhelashvili 58 The Gender of Jus Cogens 610 Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin 59 Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 620 Questions 626

Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diverse theoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, and practices. The volume introduces the classical questions of philosophy of law as well as new emerging areas of theoretical dispute for legal theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. Providing introductions to all major areas of Anglo-American law, and the major philosophical underpinnings of each of these areas, it also examines questions concerning the theoretical foundation and application of international law. The text includes seminal essays from the history of philosophy, including works from Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, John Austin, Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and others. In addition, many contemporary theorists are included, such as H. L. A. Hart, Ronald Dworkin, Robert Nozick, Richard Posner, Richard Epstein, A. M. Honoré, and Michael Moore, as well as diverse voices from feminism, critical theory, postmodernism, and critical race theory. By bringing together these different and distinct voices into dialogue, the volume fully represents the philosophical foundations of various areas of law. By exposing students to a wide range of theoretical views, this book challenges students to think critically about law in the US and elsewhere, and between nations.

"May and Brown's anthology on the Philosophy of Law is a useful and readily accessible resource for students and theorists. The editors have combined classical philosophical writings on core topics in philosophy of law with contemporary articles by both lawyers and philosophers, and the chapters are grouped under headings familiar to law students. Each section begins with a helpful introduction from the editors and concludes with an important legal case." –Kimberley Brownlee, The University of Manchester "This judiciously edited textbook will be the obvious choice for those who want to combine readings from classics of analytic jurisprudence, provocative case law, and diverse international and critical perspectives." –Christopher F. Zurn, University of Kentucky An anthology for the 21st century. It not only includes a section on international law, but integrates non-U.S. law into the study of other aspects of the law. –Eugene Garver, Saint John’s University

Introduction. Part I. Legal Reasoning. Part II. Jurisprudence. Part III. International Law. Part IV. Property. Part V. Torts. Part VI. Criminal Law. Part VII. Contracts. Part VIII. Constitutional Law