Sydney HamptonFinal PostThroughout the course I think many of the questions we discussed and answered definitely came together to paint a larger picture about the…Apr 26, 2022Apr 26, 2022
Sydney HamptonEdwards — Laws that are Made to be BrokenIn Edwards’ “Laws that are Made to be Broken” he argues against the creation of laws which are made to be broken. Before providing his…Apr 6, 20221Apr 6, 20221
Sydney HamptonAshworth — Unfair Risk-Based Possession OffensesIn Ashworth’s “The Unfairness of Risk-Based Possession Offenses” he argues that risk-based possession offenses — outside of those that…Mar 24, 20221Mar 24, 20221
Sydney Hamptonvon Hirsch — Criminalizing Failure to RescueIn von Hirsch’s “Criminalizing Failure to Rescue: A Matter of ‘Solidarity’ or Altruism?”, he addresses the question of whether it is…Mar 16, 2022Mar 16, 2022
Sydney HamptonRipstein — Sovereignty PrincpleIn his paper, “Beyond the Harm Principle”, Ripstein sets up his argument for the Sovereignty Principle — The only legitimate restrictions…Feb 18, 2022Feb 18, 2022
Sydney HamptonDuff — Legal MoralismIn his paper, “Towards a Modest Legal Moralism”, Duff distinguishes between Positive Legal Moralism — the idea that the wrongfulness of…Feb 12, 2022Feb 12, 2022
Sydney HamptonFeinberg — Offense to OthersThe focus of this reading was on the Offense Principle, which states that a good reason to restrict a person’s liberty is to prevent…Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
Sydney HamptonMill — On LibertySo far, we have focused on what it means to criminalize something and in what ways it may be justifiable for the criminal justice system…Jan 20, 2022Jan 20, 2022
