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Deborah Charles Publications

Res Publica

A Journal of Legal and Social Philosophy

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Vol.I, No.1, 1995

Tibor R. Machan, Individualism Versus Classical Liberal Political Economy (3-23)

William Wilson, Involuntary Intoxication: Excusing the Inexcusable? (25-40)

Carol Jones, "Since She's My Queen Well I Must Be King" (41-56)

Christopher Norris, Jurisprudence, Deconstruction and Literary Theory: A Brief Survey and Critical Review (57-69)

Kristján Kristjánsson, Social Concepts: Normativity Without Relativity (71-89)

David Archard, What's Blood Got To Do With It? The Significance of Natural Parenthood (91-106)

P. Fitzgerald, The Unbearable Postmodernism of Liberals and Communitarians: A Suitable Case for Feminism? (Review of Elizabeth Frazer and Nicola Lacey, The Politics of Community: A Feminist Critique of the Liberal-Communitarian Debate) (107-111)

Vol.I, No.2, 1995

Ruth Chadwick and Charles Ngwena, The Human Genome Project, Predictive Testing and Insurance Contracts: Ethical and Legal Responses (115-129)

Emilios A. Christodoulidis and Wilson Finnie, How the Ace of Trumps Failed to Win the Trick (131-146). Abstract

David Lamb, Autonomy and the Refusal of Life Prolonging Therapy (147-162)

M.I. Festenstein, Pragmatism and Liberalism: Interpreting Dewey's Political Philosophy (163-182). Abstract

Susan Easton, Taking Women's Rights Seriously: Integrity and the "Right" to Consume Pornography (183-198)

D.M. Procida, The Strife of the Faculties (Review of Christopher Norris, The Truth about Postmodernism) (199-206)

Jenneth Parker, "Expert Rationality" vs. "Language Communities": the Case of Bioethics (Review of Anne Maclean, The Elimination of Morality) (207-212)

Alan Carter, Animal Rights and Social Relations (Review of Ted Benton, Natural Relations: Ecology, Animal Rights and Social Justice) (213-220)

Vol.II, No.1, 1996

Claire McDiarmid, A Feminist Perspective on Children who Kill (3-30)

Bradley W. Miller, A Time to Kill: Ronald Dworkin and the Ethics of Euthanasia (31-61).

Elizabeth Kingdom, Transforming Rights: Feminist Political Heuristics (63-75). Abstract

Mary Midgley, Can Education Be Moral? (77-85)

Ian Ward, Identifying the Eurosceptic (87-100)

Katrin Flikschuh, Is Kant a Liberal? (Review of Allen D. Rosen, Kant's Theory of Justice) (101-110)

Vol.II, No.2, 1996

Norman Geras, Progress Without Foundations? (115-128)

Steven Benson, What's the Problem?: Jean-François Lyotard and Politics (129-146)

Stephen Kines, Why Suppress the Truth? U.S., Canadian and English Approaches to the Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Real Evidence in Criminal Cases (147-162)

Jonathan Seglow, Goodness in an Age of Pluralism: On Charles Taylor's Moral Theory (163-180)

Andrew Chitty, On Hegel, the Subject, and Political Justification (181-203)

Andrea Baumeister, Pornography and Civil Rights: The Liberal Case Against Pornography (Review of S.M. Easton, The Problem of Pornography and C. Itzin, ed., Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties) (205-214)

Glen Newey, Philosophical Aromatherapy (Review of L. Foster and P. Herzog, eds., Defending Diversity) (215-221)

Vol.III, No.1, 1997

Ian Duncanson, UNCHARTERED LANDS IN AN AGE OF "ACCOUNTABILITY" (3-34). Abstract. Offprint

Avner De-Shalit, ON BEHALF OF "THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PEOPLE": A RADICAL THEORY OF DEMOCRACY (35-59) Offprint

Marsha Healey, THE HOLOCAUST, MODERNITY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT (61-80) Offprint

Review Essays:

Richard Bellamy, LIBERAL POLITICS AND THE JUDICIARY: THE SUPREME COURT AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (81-96). Abstract. Offprint

Mark Packer, PRACTISING MORAL PHILOSOPHY (97-103). Offprint

Bob Brecher, RORTY THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS (105-114). Abstract. Offprint

Elizabeth Kingdom, RIGHT WITHOUT MIGHT: LIBERAL MINORITY POLITICS (115-119). Abstract. Offprint

Ed Garrett, ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS (121-127). Abstract. Offprint

Vol. III no.2 (1997):

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Tibor R. Machan, "Does Libertarianism Imply the Welfare State?" (131-148) (abstract) (offprint)

Ruth Arundell, "Machan Versus Locke: Is "Pure" Libertarianism Possible?" (149-163) (abstract) (offprint)

Phillip Cole, "Problems with "Persons"" (165-183) (abstract) (offprint)

Marcus Roberts, "The Endurance of History? Reflections on John Gray's Post-Enlightenment Pluralism" (185-212) (abstract) (offprint)

Michael Freeman, "Left, Right and Human Rights" (Review of Norberto Bobbio, Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction and Norberto Bobbio, The Age of Rights) (on Norberto Bobbio) (213-220) (abstract) (offprint)

Gideon Calder, "Retreat, Renewal and the Politics of Postmodernism" (Review of Terry Eagleton, The Illusions of Postmodernism and Michael Luntley, Reason, Truth and Self: The Postmodern Reconditioned) (221-228) (abstract) (offprint)

Fiona Jenkins, "Luxemburg, Weil, Arendt: Heroines for a Humanist Feminism?" (on Andrea Nye) (229-237) (abstract) (offprint)

Graham McFee, "Interrogating Philosophy?" (Review of Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey and Roy Bhaskar Plato Etc.: The Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution) (239-246) (abstract) (offprint)

Paul Reynolds, "Max Weber: Still Relevant After All These Years?" (Review of Bryan Turner, Max Weber: From History to Modernity) (247-253) (abstract) (offprint)

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