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Is it unfair for a judge to give their verdict based on a technicality?

August 19, 2010
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Allen Stairs

Is there a genuine case to be made for outlawing marijuana given the fact that alcohol and tobacco are legal? In other words, is there a way to make a ...

June 27, 2010
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Eric Silverman

I am interested in the philosophical implications of the two competing views of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. It is often contended that an "individualist" view of ...

May 26, 2010
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Kalynne Pudner

Is it okay to disobey a just law just because you disagree with it? For example, take under-age drinking of alcohol. In various parts of the world there is a ...

May 6, 2010
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Eric Silverman

I think that in cases of horrific crimes, the death penalty is acceptable, or even required by retributive justice. However, I think this only applies to cases where there is ...

January 4, 2010
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Thomas Pogge

Is racial profiling immoral because it is ineffective? For instance, would the racial profiling of blacks become increasingly justifiable if blacks increasingly became criminals?

August 27, 2009
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Thomas Pogge

When Peter King recently decried Michael Jackson as a pedophile, Al Sharpton et. al were quick to point out that Jackson had never actually been convicted on sex offense charges. ...

July 9, 2009
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David Brink and Oliver Leaman

What should we make of the Dickson verdict? UK prisoner Kirk Dickson and his wife Lorraine made various appeals to achieve their right to found a family. Dickson is in ...

May 27, 2009
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Lisa Cassidy

Are there ever occasions when justice might require the law to be broken?

May 30, 2009
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Thomas Pogge

We usually assume that there is law in a society only if that society has its... laws. But I would like to ask if you think there is another important ...

May 24, 2009
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Peter S. Fosl

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