Virtue Jurisprudence [Hardcover]

This book is the first authoritative text on virtue jurisprudence - the belief that the final end of law is not to maximize preference satisfaction or protect certain rights and privileges, but to promote human flourishing. Scholars of law, philosophy and politics illustrate here the value of the virtue ethics tradition to modern legal theory.An Introduction to Aretaic Theories of Law; C.Farrelly & L.B.Solum The Central Tradition; R.George Prudence, Benevolence, and Negligence: Virtue Ethics and Tort Law; H.Feldman Judges of Character; S.Sherry Civic LiIberalism and the 'Dialogical Model' of Judicial Review; C.Farrelly A Virtue-Centred Account of Equity and the Rule of Law; L.B.Solum Natural Justice; An Aretaic Account of Virtue of Lawfulness; L.B.Solum Virtue, Vice, and Criminal Liability; A.Duff On Aristotelian Criminal Law; A Reply to Duff; K.Huigens Two Ways of Doing the Right Thing; R.HursthouseANTONY DUFF Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling, ScotlandHEIDI LI FELDMAN Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, USAROBERT GEORGE McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Princeton, USAKYRON HUIGENS Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, USAROSALIND HURSTHOUSE Professor of Philosophy, The University of Auckland, New ZealandSUZANNA SHERRY Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership, Vanderbilt University, USA