Responsibility in Law and Morality
- ISBN-10
- 1841133213
- ISBN-13
- 9781841133218
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 303
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-04-17
- Publisher
- Hart Publishing
- Author
- Peter Cane
Description
In this book, Cane aims to confront the view that morality stands to law as critical standard to conventional practice.
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