David Lyons (legal philosopher)
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David Lyons is a professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at Boston University. His Ph.D. is from Harvard University. He is a specialist in ethics and jurisprudence.
Publications
Books
- Moral aspects on legal theory : essays on law, justice and political responsibility. Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 1999. ISBN 9780521432443 ISBN [1]
- Translated into Spanish as Aspectos morales de la teoria juridica : ensayos sobre la ley, la justicia y la responsabilidad política ISBN 9788474326017
- Mill's utilitarism : critical essays (editor) Lanham (Md.) : Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. ISBN 9780847687831 [2]
- Rights, Welfare, and Mill's Moral Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.ISBN 9780195082180 [3]
- Ethics and the Rule of Law. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN 9780521277129 Held in over 1000 worldCat libraries.[4]
- Rights. (editor) The Wadsworth series in social philosophy. Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth Pub. Co, 1979. ISBN 9780534006006 [5]
- In the interest of the governed; a study in Bentham's philosophy of utility and law. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973. ISBN 9780198245032 [6]
- Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. ISBN 9780198241973 [7]
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- Philosophers of law
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