| Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law Contributor(s): Katz, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226425940 ISBN-13: 9780226425948 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1998 Annotation: In ILL-GOTTEN GAINS, Leo Katz describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, Katz uncovers what is really at stake in crimes such as insider trading, blackmail, and plagiarism. With its startling conclusions and myriad twists, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by the perplexing relationship between morality and law. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Law - True Crime |
| Dewey: 364.163 |
| LCCN: 95032038 |
| Series: Women and Work; 5 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (1.05 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Ill-Gotten Gains, Leo Katz describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, Katz uncovers what is really at stake in crimes such as insider trading, blackmail, and plagiarism. With its startling conclusions and myriad twists, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by the perplexing relationship between morality and law. An ambitious and well-written book of legal and moral theory to overthrow both utilitarianism and its cousin, the economic approach to law.--Richard A. Posner, New Republic A good, well-written book full of interesting examples.--Library Journal [An] elegant defense of circumvention and subterfuge . . . a heroically counterintuitive book.--Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker |
Contributor Bio(s): Katz, Leo: - Leo Katz is the Frank Carano Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the author of Bad Acts and Guilty Minds: Conundrums of the Criminal Law and Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law, both published by the University of Chicago Press. |