Virtue Jurisprudence

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. An Introduction to Aretaic Theories of Law

   • Colin Farrelly, Lawrence B. Solum

   Pages 1-23

3. The Central Tradition—Its Value and Limits

   • Robert P. George

   Pages 24-50

4. Prudence, Benevolence, and Negligence: Virtue Ethics and Tort Law

   • Heidi Li Feldman

   Pages 51-87

5. Judges of Character

   • Suzanna Sherry

   Pages 88-106

6. Civic Liberalism and the “Dialogical Model” of Judicial Review

   • Colin Farrelly

   Pages 107-141

7. A Virtue-Centered Account of Equity and the Rule of Law

   • Lawrence B. Solum

   Pages 142-166

8. Natural Justice: An Aretaic Account of the Virtue of Lawfulness

   • Lawrence B. Solum

   Pages 167-192

9. Virtue, Vice, and Criminal Liability

   • Antony Duff

   Pages 193-213

10. On Aristotelian Criminal Law: A Reply to Duff

    • Kyron Huigens

    Pages 214-235

11. Two Ways of Doing the Right Thing

    • Rosalind Hursthouse

    Pages 236-255

12. Back Matter

    Pages 256-268

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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.

• ethics
• law
• philosophy
• Virtue Ethics

• University of Waterloo, Canada

  Colin Farrelly

• College of Law, University of Illinois, USA

  Lawrence B. Solum

ANTONY DUFF Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling, Scotland HEIDI LI FELDMAN Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, USA ROBERT GEORGE McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Princeton, USA KYRON HUIGENS Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, USA ROSALIND HURSTHOUSE Professor of Philosophy, The University of Auckland, New Zealand SUZANNA SHERRY Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership, Vanderbilt University, USA

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