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The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory
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Richard Posner characterizes the current preoccupation with moral and constitutional theory as the latest form of legal mystification–an evasion of the real need of American law, which is for a greater understanding of the social, economic, and political facts out of which great legal controversies arise. In pursuit of that understanding, Posner advocates a rebuilding of the law on the pragmatic basis of open-minded and systematic empirical inquiry and the rejectio… More >>
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Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White-Collar Crime
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The picture of crime that dominates the popular imagination is one of unambiguous wrong-doing – manifestly harmful acts that are clearly worthy of condemnation. The accompanying picture of the criminal – the thief, the murderer – is a picture of society’s failures – to be cast out and re-integrated through a process of punishment and penance. Our understanding of white-collar crime, by contrast, is pervaded by moral and imaginative ambiguity. Such crimes are committ… More >>
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