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Books on: moral law

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Abortion: A Case Study in Law and Morals

Book by Fred M. Frohock; Greenwood Press, 1985

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Abortion--Law And Legislation--United States, Abortion--Moral And Ethical Aspects

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...autonomy in general traditions of moral law and theory do not tolerate Cain...such items, reason demands moral opposition to the value, not...an adequate test to enforcing morals only if we believe that social...without this common core of moral ideas the society would fly...
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The Soul of Creativity: Forging a Moral Rights Law for the United States

Book by Roberta Rosenthal Kwall; Stanford University Press, 2010

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Authors--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--United States, Copyright--Moral Rights--United States, Creation (Literary, Artistic, Etc.)

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...countries more recently than by their civil law counterparts. 94 Although Canada adopted moral rights in 1931, 95 other common law...afford indigenous communities a form of moral rights. 99 Irelands moral rights law became effective in 2001. 100 Although...
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Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Law

Book by Allen Buchanan; Oxford University Press, 2004

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Effectiveness And Validity Of Law, International Law--Moral And Ethical Aspects, International Law--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...would not preclude the sort of moral theorizing to which this book...that what we call international law is not sufficiently effective...international actors to qualify as law faces a dilemma. If the idea...full compliance to count as law, then many systems we routinely...of the Italian tax code, or laws in several U.S. states prohibiting...
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Promises, Morals, and Law

Book by P. S. F. Atiyah; Clarendon Press, 1991

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Law And Ethics, Promise (Law), Promises

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...proceeded in total disregard of the law. Just as the lawyer tends to...work in setting apart legal and moral obligations, discussions of...law, natural law, and the moral law are all treated together...of profound relevance to the moral issues involved in the subject...
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Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied to the Rational Art of Living

Book by George Lansing Raymond; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1920

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Ethics, Natural Law

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Joseph Butler 1692- 1752 . "The whole moral consciousness of man in view of his own action and as related to moral law."-- Law of Love and Love as a...is a name for the consciousness of moral distinctions and of the obligation...

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Journal Articles on: moral law

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Moral Rights Protection in the United States and the Effect of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 on U.S. International Obligations

Journal article by Brandi L. Holland; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 39, 2006

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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Copyright infringement--Laws, regulations and rules, Copyright--Moral rights, Copyright--Protection and preservation, Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005, Moral rights (Copyright law)--Protection and preservation, Motion picture industry--Intellectual property, Movie industry--Intellectual property, Privacy, Right of--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of privacy--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...addition, federal copyright law preempts most state moral rights legislation where...regimes since many state laws have provisions for which...which states statutory law provides to artists...determine when federal law will preempt those laws. Inherent in moral rights protection is...
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The Moral Menace of Roman Law and the Making of Commerce: Some Dutch Evidence

Journal article by James Q. Whitman; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 105, 1996

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Commercial law--History, Law and ethics--History, Netherlands--History, Roman law--Moral and ethical aspects

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...about how the spread of Roman law brought moral evil in its wake. I will concentrate...on two charges against Roman law in particular: first, the charge that Roman laws "property absolutism" made...second, the charge that Roman law was excessively "rationalistic...
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Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Law

Journal article by Deen K. Chatterjee; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 19, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Law (Book)--Book reviews

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...Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Law. by Deen K. Chatterjee...humanity at large. A good moral theory, according to...specific international laws that would test whether...general about international law and legal treaties, readers...tackles the subject of moral foundations for international...
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Do States Have a Moral Obligation to Obey International Law?

Journal article by Eric A. Posner; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 55, 2003

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International law--Moral and ethical aspects, State (Political science)--Moral and ethical aspects

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...said about domestic law, and for this reason...individuals have a moral obligation to obey only good laws. If this is true...that international laws are good. The second...enforcement. Domestic law is enforced in well...peoples sense of moral commitment works...and not the strong laws that are routinely flouted. International law scholars confuse...separate ideas: (1) a moral obligation on the...
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Salwen, Hakan. Hume's Law: An Essay on Moral Reasoning

Journal article by John Peterson; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 59, 2005

Subjects:

Hume's Law: An Essay on Moral Reasoning (Book)

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Hakan. Humes Law: An Essay on Moral Reasoning. by John Peterson...distinguishes three versions of the law: the formal version (HL...false" (p. 15), then the law is, HL(F): "For all valid...pp. 18-19), then the law reads, HL(C): "There are...believing it right to obey the laws, to do what God wants, to...

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Magazine Articles on: moral law

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Moral Law, Changing Morals

Magazine article by Chai R. Feldblum; The Nation, Vol. 271, October 9, 2000

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Boy Scouts of America--Cases, Gay men--Civil rights, Homosexuality--Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Supreme Court--Cases

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Moral Law, Changing Morals. by CHAI R. FELDBLUM...controlled by Justices whose moral view of gay people is...succeeded in getting some 165 laws and ordinances enacted...conduct, the same sort of moral disapproval that produced...centuries-old criminal laws that we held constitutional...
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"Moral Relativism," Religious Faith, and the Law

Magazine article by Kenneth W. Krause; The Humanist, Vol. 69, November 2009

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A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Religion and the Constitution: Establishment and Fairness (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions, 2d ed. (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

"Moral Relativism," Religious Faith...individualism or autonomy" in the law, which he sees as the "leading...result of religiously inspired law, on the other. More, of course...life, for the sake of "Gods law." Bork apparently thinks that...judges who create constitutional laws--those pertaining to individual...
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Felons Deserve the Right to Vote: "Disenfranchisement Laws Not Only Are Unfair, They Are Undemocratic and Injurious. They Compromise the Country's Political Legitimacy and Its Moral Authority to Exact Obedience and Loyalty from Those It Presumes to Represent."

Magazine article by Elizabeth Hull; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 132, January 2004

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Prisoners, Prisoners--Civil rights, Prisoners--Evaluation, Suffrage, Suffrage--Demographic aspects, Suffrage--Evaluation, Suffrage--Laws, regulations and rules, Voting, Voting rights--Demographic aspects, Voting rights--Evaluation, Voting rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Voting--Demographic aspects, Voting--Evaluation, Voting--Laws, regulations and rules

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...Under Alabama law, "moral turpitude" also was...supporting disenfranchisement laws defend them on another ground as well: Such laws are necessary, they...directly elects judges, law enforcement officials...As Columbia University law professor George Fletcher...Disenfranchisement laws not only are unfair...political legitimacy and its moral authority to exact obedience...
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The Organic and Moral Elements in the American Consitution - the Constitution Is a Product of Colonial Experience under British Common Law and Other Historic Traditions

Magazine article by Paul Johnson; World and I, Vol. 18, February 2003

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Constitutional interpretation, Constitutional law--Analysis, Constitutional law--Ethical aspects, Constitutional law--History, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Ethical aspects, Constitutions--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Terminology, Jacksonian democracy, United States Constitution

Collections: History, Entire Library

...merely a civic animal but also a moral one; his public acts--his...more accurately described as a moral and ethical society without...the United States because its moral teaching (not its dogmas...the great principles of the law of nature and nations, love...
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The Moral Law

Magazine article by Vincent Owens, Robert Bennett, Robert Puharic, Robert P. George; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...path we find the natural law. Note, therefore, that...should be to understand the moral truth and speak it in...Gentiles who have not the law of Moses have a law written on their hearts...that is sufficient for moral accountability. And I...

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Newspaper Articles on: moral law

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Archbishop Calls for Stricter Abortion Laws in Moral Crusade; Dr Williams: Society Is 'Broken'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 15, 2007

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Abortion--Laws, regulations and rules, Church of England

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Archbishop Calls for Stricter Abortion Laws in Moral Crusade; Dr Williams: Society Is Broken...lawsas he signalled a tougher stance on moral issues by the Church of England. Dr Rowan...women oppose efforts to liberalisethe law. A survey showed seven out of ten want...
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CARDINAL LINKS GAY MARRIAGE TO PAEDOPHILES AND BESTIALITY; New Laws 'Leading to Moral Decline'

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 4, 2006

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Same-sex marriage--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...PAEDOPHILES AND BESTIALITY; New Laws Leading to Moral Decline. Byline: By MARK SMITH...about new gay laws leading to a moral decline. He said: "I would certainly...towards the destruction of any sort of moral standards. We dont want this in...
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Moral Outrage Follows Law Permitting Embryonic Study; California Move Challenges Federal Stance on Stem-Cell Research

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 24, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Moral outrage follows law permitting embryonic study; California...pass a measure that would pre-empt a new law making California the first state to legalize...dont believe parents or the state has a moral right to consent to fatal research. We...
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Between Law and Moral Lapses

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 13, 2008

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Wambaugh, Joseph

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Between Law and Moral Lapses. Byline: Christian Toto, THE...charity imaginable to stay apace with the law. While some of Mr. Wambaughs tales trend...depicting the intersection between the law and moral slippage. Mr. Wambaugh routinely draws...
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Tom's Parents Say He Wouldn't Have Been Killed If His Attackers Had Been Better-Educated. I Disagree. Too Many Young People Today Have No Morals or Fear of the Law. That's Called Anarchy

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 29, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Too Many Young People Today Have No Morals or Fear of the Law. Thats Called Anarchy. Byline...to stay on the right side of the law while living in a far worse environment...estate by a single mother offends the law-abiding majority of people who...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: moral law

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Roman Law

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cent. most branches of Roman law were fully developed. The system...the mid-6th cent., Roman law persisted as a part of the Germanic laws and was in effect in the Byzantine...partial resurrection of Roman law as the modern civil law in a...Rome (1984); D. Earl, The Moral and Political Traditions of...
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Natural Law

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NATURAL LAW theory that some laws are basic and fundamental to human...or judicial decisions. Natural law is opposed to positive law, which is human-made, conditioned...Stoics believed that the fundamental moral principles that underlie all the...
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Sumptuary Laws

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SUMPTUARY LAWS sump chooe re, regulations based on social, religious, or moral grounds directed against overindulgence of luxury...and extravagance in dress and mode of living. Such laws existed in ancient Greece and Rome, and in Japan...
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Kant, Immanuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals ), Kritik der praktischen Vernunft...belief in their existence in his moral philosophy. Kants ethics centers...categorical imperative (or moral law) "Act as if the maxim from...contingent; and for this reason the moral law confronts us as an "ought...
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Casuistry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...casus =case, art of applying general moral law to particular cases. Although most...Christianity), it is also used in law and psychology. The function of casuistry...made in accordance with an established moral code. The term is often used in a...

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