Philosophical Problems in the Law

by David M. Adams

Book Overview

This book should be of interest to designed for introductory level philosophy of law or jurisprudence courses. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534584284
• ISBN13: 9780534584283
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good book for understanding US Law and preparing Law School

I am from South Korea and now living in Indiana, USA. This book has beenvery popular in my country because the book is very helpful for preparing for law schools, especially for LSAT reading part.This book made me not only get used to LSAT reading style but alsounderstanding comprehensive US law system and philosophy based on it.

Affirmative Action chapters worth the price of book

In the shadow of the upcoming Supreme Court decision concerning affirmative action, I wanted to do some research on the issue. This books treatment is excellant. There are detailed articles about the Bakke and Hopwood cases. There's a summary of the Harvard's affirmitive action policy which was praised by the Supreme Court in the Bakke case as an excellant policy. An article opposing all civil rights laws followed by an artcile that justifies affirmative action are both thought provoking. There is also an intersting article about various ways to look at equality and fairness in treating your children in different situations.The upcoming decision in the Michigan case may truly be a watershed opinion on affirmative action at least in university admission cases. Justice Blackmun said it best in the Bakke case: "there is no other way" than affirmative action. We cannot end racism without taking into account race.