Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays.

Sidgwick, Henry

ISBN 10: 1240028202 / ISBN 13: 9781240028207

Published by Gale, Making of Modern Law, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays.
• Publisher: Gale, Making of Modern Law
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1240028202
• ISBN 13: 9781240028207
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School LibraryCTRG95-B3587London: Swan Sonnenschein; New York: Macmillan, 1909. vi, 260 p.; 20 cm

About the Author

Henry Sidgwick (May 31, 1838 - August 28,1900) was a professor, philosopher, writer and advocate for women's education. An analytical Utilitarian in his politics, as a philosopher he examined the principles of "ethical hedonism," human behavior and free will. He developed a reputation as an excellent teacher who treated students as equals and was also a member of the Metaphysical Society.