To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law - Routledge - Image 1

£136.11

Routledge To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law - Routledge

Name: To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law - Routledge
Brand: Routledge
Price: 133.4 GBP
Availability: InStock

Law

Price History & Forecast

Last 20 days • 20 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 20 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £136 (12 days, 60.0%)

Price range: £133 - £136

Price levels: 2 different prices over 20 days

Description

Explore a profound legal and philosophical investigation into the nature of homicide and the rule of law. In To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law, Graham J. McAleer builds a rigorous argument based on natural law principles. He asserts that the right to intentionally kill belongs exclusively to public authority. By drawing upon the foundational work of Thomas Aquinas and Francisco de Vitoria, McAleer defends their theories as the most effective frameworks for understanding homicide. The text examines how Western legal theories have shifted toward the privatization of homicide, a trend the author argues runs counter to the fundamental principles of the rule of law. This book provides a deep look at the necessity of protections for the guilty and the strict prohibition against killing innocents. It is an essential read for those studying the intersection of legal theory, moral philosophy, and the historical development of justice systems.

Key Features

Analyzes the relationship between natural law and the right of public authority to engage in intentional killing.

Uses the historical work of Thomas Aquinas and Francisco de Vitoria to support a theory of homicide.

Examines how the privatization of homicide affects the stability and integrity of the rule of law.

Discusses the importance of legal protections for the guilty and the prohibition of killing innocents.

Provides a scholarly perspective on the drift of Western legal theories away from public authority.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138539716
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Law
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 20 September 2017
Listed Since: 08 December 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law - Routledge

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Without Trimmings: The Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy of Matthew Kramer

With Malice Aforethought: A Study of the Crime and Punishment for Homicide

Routledge - Justice and the Slaughter Bench: Law Essays

Sovereignty, Emergency, Legality

Dissenting Voices in American Society: The Role of Judges, Lawyers, and Citizens

Springer Procedural Justice: Allocating to Individuals, Vol 10

On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law

The Rational as Reasonable: A Treatise on Legal Justification: 4 (Law and Philosophy Library, 4)

The Rational as Reasonable: A Treatise on Legal Justification: 4 (Law and Philosophy Library, 4)

Evidence Statutes 2012-2013 (Routledge Student Statutes)

The Will To Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder

Rethinking English Homicide Law (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Essential Law and Ethics in Nursing: Patients, Rights and Decision-Making

Law without Force: The Function of Politics in International Law (Library of Conservative Thought)

The Dynamics of Law and Morality: A Pluralist Account of Legal Interactionism

Where Law and Morality Meet

Reasons and Intentions in Law and Practical Agency

Morality and the Nature of Law

Law, Ethics and Compromise at the Limits of Life: To Treat or not to Treat? (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library)

Ethics and Law in Health Care and Research: Volume 5 (Kings College Studies)

The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society

The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society

Narrative and the Natural Law: An Interpretation of Thomistic Ethics

Philosophy of Law: An Introduction