Equality, Responsibility, and the Law - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy & Law Book | Legal Theory, Justice System & Social Ethics for Law Students & Professionals

Read this for a seminar on Freedom and Responsibility. For those with a legal background, it presents little NEW material. The thesis is that the law's treatment of luck, risks, and responsibility (and everything else) stems from a concern about protecting the fair terms of interaction between persons. This focus tends to reject a legal subjectivist account of the law that centers on the subject's motives or beliefs in favor of looking at which actions a "reasonable person" would take to be fair in terms of the security and liberty risks of persons. While not quite offering a fresh perspective on legal analysis, the work does bring up many of the interesting issues and problem areas in the law.