Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226425932 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Allan Hillman Excellent!. "I like the way he thinks" according to John S. Ryan. I'm turning into quite a fan of Leo Katz. I was so impressed by his _Bad Acts and Guilty Minds_ that I picked this one up almost at once. And it's just as good.This time around, Katz's plan is to deal with what he calls "three related mysteries": the moral problem of "avoision" (i.e., what counts as morally bad evasion and what merely as legitimate avoidance); the moral nature of e.g. blackmail and insider trading (i.e., what, if anything, justifies our
In Ill-Gotten Gains, Leo Katz describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law but also moral decisions. 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. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, Katz uncovers what is really at stake in crimes such as insider trading, blackmail, and plagiarism. 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 Gladw
Want to use damaging information about a competitor to keep her away from an interview for a job you're both vying for, but don't want to violate the extortion statutes? Then see p. Truth be told though, the examples are a lot more compelling than the theory. . 38. Katz serves up a rich variety of examples and their variations to arrive at a general theory of what lawyers are doing when they -- legally -- walk their clients around a law. Mad enough at your son to want to burn his house down with him in it but don't want to get convicted of first-degree murder? The recipe for that is on p. 2. One of the things that attracts some people to lawyers and repels the rest of us is their ability to see and create loopholes. If the law is an ass, it is a very clever one. This book, by a University of Pennsylvania law professor, investigates the loophole phenomenon to a fare-thee-well