Legal Theory

  • Read more: Bioethics in Islam: Principles, Perspectives, Comparisons

    Bioethics in Islam: Principles, Perspectives, Comparisons

    By Yusuf Lenfest An important questions in Islam, recurrent across time and space, is whether Islamic political theory recognizes rights claims against the state as distinct from rights claims against other members of the community. This continues to be an important subject today, intersecting the fields of law, religion, and moral philosophy. The classical tradition…

  • Read more: Tort Law: Public and Private

    Tort Law: Public and Private

    By Alex Stein Readers interested in medical malpractice might be interested in seeing—and commenting on—my new article, The Domain of Torts, forthcoming in 117 Colum. L. Rev. (2017). This Article advances a novel positive theory of the law of torts that grows out of a careful and extensive reading of the case law. The Article’s core…