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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © Society for Applied Philosophy, 2010
- ISSN
- 0264-3758
- eISSN
- 1468-5930
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1468-5930.2010.00485.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Consent in the Law Deryck Beyleveld & Roger Brownsword Oxford , Hart Publishing , 2007 xvii + 386 pp. , (hb) £45.00 The title — Consent in the Law — might suggest a volume summarising the role of consent in various legal contexts and jurisdictions. Whilst there is a wealth of legal examples in Consent in the Law it is a much more ambitious book than a mere summary of the current state of play of consent in the law. Indeed, there are two substantial, independent projects here: one is a detailed and far‐reaching analysis of the concept of consent: what is consent? What does it do? What are its powers and limitations? The other is an application of normative ethics and jurisprudence rooted in, and expanding upon, Gewirthian moral theory. The aim of the book is to weave together both projects, applying Gewirthian moral theory through an analysis of the nature and function of consent to give both a critical overview of the state of consent in the law as it stands, and a set of positive proposals as to what the place of consent in the law should be. Let us briefly consider each of these
Journal
Journal of Applied Philosophy – Wiley
Published: May 1, 2010