Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 557 g
Reihe: Clarendon Law Series
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 557 g
Reihe: Clarendon Law Series
ISBN: 978-0-19-505824-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This book deals with conscientious law-breaking - those instances in which individuals believe that they have sound moral reasons for breaking a particular law. This study is a comprehensive philosophical and legal analysis of the grey area in which the foundations of law and morality clash. It views these oblique circumstances from two perspectives: that of the person who faces a possible conflict between the claims of morality and law and must choose whether or not to obey the
penal code; and that of the people who make and uphold laws and must decide whether to treat someone with a moral claim to disobey differently from ordinary lawbreakers.