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Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism

Name: Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781789901719
Price: 2975.96 HKD
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Author: Guillaume Tusseau
ISBN: 9781789901719

By Guillaume Tusseau

Edward Elgar Publishing October 2024

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ISBN-13: 9781789901719
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: October 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism sheds light on contemporary legal culture and the ways in which it interacts with theories of justice. Guillaume Tusseau brings together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to analyse the utilitarian standpoint on legal disciplines and legal governance, as well as the contribution of utilitarian arguments to legal debates.

The Research Handbook addresses the practical contribution of utilitarian thinkers and politics on the development and reform of specific branches of law, including private, criminal, constitutional, administrative, procedural and human rights. Chapters also assess the importance of utilitarianism in emerging legal debates on topics such as LGBT rights, feminism, transhumanism, migration, public health and environmental law. Ultimately, the authors critically analyse the relevance of utilitarianism in contemporary legal culture, providing an intellectual and path-breaking strategy to debate legal governance and legal ideology.

Addressing crucial jurisprudential controversies, this innovative Research Handbook is vital for students and scholars of legal philosophy, law and society, and political theory. It will also appeal to legal practitioners interested in the ethics of law, as well as specialists on deontological issues.

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Introduction: Putting critical jurisprudence to task 1: Guillaume Tusseau; PART I. MAPPING THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE AND STRUCTURING LEGAL GOVERNANCE; 2.
Analytic jurisprudence 48: Pierluigi Chiassoni; 3.
A utilitarian theory of private law 67: Craig Purshouse; 4.
The rise of utilitarianism in criminal justice 82: Malcolm Thorburn; 5.
Jeremy Bentham, J.S. Mill, and the utilitarian constitution 97: Xiaobo Zhai; 6.
Bentham and administrative law 120: Thomas Perroud; 7.
Utilitarian legal procedures 134: Francesco Ferraro; 8.
Utilitarianism and the law of evidence 152: Olivier Leclerc; 9.
Utilitarian business ethics and company law 170: Andrew Gustafson; 10.
Jeremy Bentham and the genesis of law and economics: an alternative narrative 188: Dina I. Waked; 11.
Nudge and utilitarianism: a matter of preferences 206: Malik Bozzo-Rey; 12.
Bentham, Rawls and Sen on Law, Justice and Rights 225: Sterling Harwood and Don A. Habibi; PART II. UNSETTLING THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE AND DEBATING LEGAL GOVERNANCE; 13.
Utilitarianism and LGBT rights 240: Benoît Basse; 14.
Social order, cooperation, and the way out: a feminist reading of Jeremy Bentham, William Thompson and Anna Wheeler 257: Paola Rudan; 15.
Utilitarianism and reproductive rights 274: Sarah Conly; 16.
Utilitarianism and killing 287: Tatjana Višak; 17.
Health crises from a utilitarian perspective 302: Xavier Bioy; 18.
Medical ethics and utilitarianism 316: Alicia Dorothy Mornington and David Smadja; 19.
Transhumanism, politics, ethics and utilitarianism 332: Jean-Yves Goffi; 20.
A utilitarian approach to copyright law and generative artificial intelligence 349: Ryan Abbott and Elizabeth Rothman; 21.
Utilitarianism and panopticism 368: Anne Brunon-Ernst; 22.
Utilitarianism and religion 382: Jean-Pierre Cléro; 23.
Utilitarianism and migration 395: Isabella Luisa Mariani; 24.
Legal utilitarianism in environmental law: a critique of the critique 412: Clément Lacombe; 25.
Animal law through a utilitarian lens 428: Régis Bismuth; 26.
Fictions and legal ideology 444: Claire Wrobel