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Philosophy: Society, Politics, Rights & Law

The Philosophy Research Guide provides resources and strategies for all areas and periods in philosophy, including subject headings for searching Orbis and links to online books.

Political Philosophy, Social Theory, Human Rights and Philosophy of Law

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Social and Political Philosophy

The Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought. Ed. William Outhwaite. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2003.

Bass Reference & Social Science Reference, H41 .B53X 2003

Many entries concern philosophical matters.

Blackwell guide to social and political philosophy.  Ed. Robert L. Simon. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.

Bass (Stacks), JA71 .B533 2002

A companion to contemporary political philosophy.  2nd ed. Ed. Robert E. Goodin et al.  Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007.

Social Science Library, JA71 .C565 2007

Introduction to political philosophy. Steven B. Smith.

This is not a book but one of Yale's Open Courses, taught by the Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science at Yale. The course consists of 24 introductory lectures covering the major thinkers of Western political philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville.

Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

Blackwell guide to philosophy of law and legal theory.  Ed. Martin P. Golding and William A. Edmundson.  Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005.

SML (Philosophy Study Room), K235 .B58X 2005

Companion to philosophy of law and legal theory.  Ed. Dennis Patterson.  Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996.

SML (Philosophy Study Room), KF379 C66X 1996

The philosophy of law: an encyclopedia. Ed. Christopher Berry Gray. New York: Garland Pub., 1999.

SML Reference & Philosophy Study Room, K204 P49X 1999

Vol. 1, A-J print only

Vol. 2, K-Z online

Important: To find material on legal philosophy, also search the Law Library catalog, Morris.

Philosophy of Rights

Human rights: a very short introduction.  Andrew Clapham.  New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Bass (Stacks),  JC571 .C596X 2007

Introduction to Rights.  William A. Edmundson.  Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Online only.

Theories of Rights. Ed. Jeremy Waldron.  Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.

Bass (Stacks); SML (Philosophy Study Room): JC571 T44 1984

Philosophy of Education

Blackwell guide to the philosophy of  education.  Ed. Nigel  Blake et al.  Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.

SML (Stacks), LB14.7 .B57X 2003

 Companion to the philosophy of education. Ed. Randall Curren.  Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005.

Online only.

Philosophy of education: an encyclopedia.  Ed. J.J. Chambliss.  New York: Garland, 1996.

SML (Stacks), LB17 P485X 1996

Routledge International Studies in  the Philosophy of Education.

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