From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner

John Gardner was a prolific, widely read, and influential scholar in philosophy of law, and this book celebrates, explores, and develops themes of his work during his sixteen years as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford. It engages with many of the concepts, themes, and issues that were central to his philosophical work and outlook, offers original rebuttals to some, and draws connections with parallel and emerging fields. It is the first book-length treatment covering the entire range of his scholarship and will serve as a handbook for scholars seeking to engage Gardner's work and make connections across the wide range of topics on which he has written.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 17 August 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

John Gardner was a prolific, widely read, and influential scholar in the philosophy of law. This book celebrates, explores, and develops themes of his work during his sixteen years as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford. Written by a team of contributors whose own work has been influenced by Gardner's and with whom he has worked closely, this book engages with many of the concepts, themes, and issues that were central to his philosophical work and outlook. It expands on his arguments, offers original rebuttals to some, and draws connections with parallel and emerging fields that have been influenced by his work. This is the first book-length treatment covering the entire range of his scholarship, and will serve as a handbook of sorts for those scholars seeking to engage Gardner's work and make connections across the wide range of topics on which he has written. In particular, the volume comprises discussions of duties to try and succeed in relation to Hume's maxim that "ought implies can"; the role of continuity, conservatism, and corrective justice in private law; the interrelations between wrongdoing, blame, punishment, and the justification of criminal law; justifications, excuses, and responsibility; the distinctiveness of the wrongs of rape and discrimination; as well as general jurisprudence and how it may, or may not, illuminate the questions of normativity and the nature of constitutions. The volume also engages with further concepts and questions addressed through the prism of Gardner's work, including Indigenous rights and law, Equity, corporate responsibility and the possibility of state crimes, and the nature, structure, and phenomenology of virtue. Together, the papers collected in this volume pay homage to the breadth of John Gardner's legal philosophy and his enduring influence on the field.

Weight: 616g
Dimension: 163 x 240 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198860594