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