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Is Killing People Right?: More Great Cases That Shaped the Legal World

Is Killing People Right?: More Great Cases That Shaped the Legal World

Name: Is Killing People Right?: More Great Cases That Shaped the Legal World
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107123861
Price: 1109.68 HKD
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Author: Allan C. Hutchinson
ISBN: 9781107123861

By Allan C. Hutchinson

Cambridge University Press June 2016

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ISBN-13: 9781107123861
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: June 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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'Great cases' are those judicial decisions around which the common law pivots. In a sequel to the instant classic Is Eating People Wrong?, this book presents eight new great cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

Written in a highly accessible yet rigorous style, it explores the social circumstances, institutions (lawyers, judges and courts) and ordinary people whose stories shaped the law.

Across the courts' diverse and uncoordinated attempts to adapt to changing conditions and shifting demands, it shows the law as the living, breathing and down-the-street experience it really is. Including seminal cases in end of life, abortion and equal rights, this is an ideal introduction for students to legal history and jurisprudence.

1. Introduction: on the road (again)

2. Is killing people right? Law and the end of life

3. Oil on troubled waters: the consequences of civil liability

4. The politics of law: cats, pigeons and old chestnuts

5. The companies we keep: the moralities of business 6. Fifty shades of Brown: consent and the criminal law

7. Putting up a defence: sex, murder and videotapes

8. Wade-ing into controversy: a case of accidental activism

9. Playing a different tune: fairness in deal-making

10. Conclusion: surfing the tides.

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