LAW Luck, Law, and Morality
Criminal Law: General

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Item is good for 9 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! LAW 431 Luck, Law, and Morality Law School Recommended for route(s): [ Academia ] Criminal Law: General Why it is relevant for ... [ Academia ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Criminal Jurisprudence : Students interested in criminal jurisprudence should consider taking one or more courses dealing with historical, sociological and philosophical perspectives on criminal law. This course considers concepts like the meaning of luck and moral responsibility. General course Description: The role of luck in moral and political theory and the law. Possible topics include: luck in legal liability and punishment (strict liability, attempts, risk regulation versus harm regulation); the possibility that rightness of conduct or worth of character might depend on luck; whether the point of egalitarianism is to correct for the impact of luck on fate; and whether there is anything left to the person after the impact of luck on life. Readings include Rawls, Williams, Nussbaum, Dworkin, Roemer, Cohen, Nagel, Hart, and Waldron. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Course Style: A Substantive/ Perspective course looks at law from an external or non-traditional standpoint. |