THE CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF LAW AND MORALITY -- Introduction -- The Claims of Law -- Moral Claims and Moral Appraisal -- MORAL REASONS TO OBEY THE LAW -- Legitimate Authority and the Duty to Obey -- Promissory Obligation: The Theme of Social Contract --
Utilitarianism: Consequential Reasons for Obedience -- Fair Play -- A Natural Duty to Obey: Benefit, Need, and Duty -- THE LIMITS OF JUSTIFIABLE DISOBEDIENCE -- Resolutions Among Competing Moral Grounds: The Absence of Clear Priorities -- Nonviolent Disobedience: Reasons, Tactics, Justification -- Violent Disobedience -- INSTITUTIONS OF AMELIORATION -- Responses Within the Law to Moral Claims to Disobey -- General Justification -- Necessity -- Conscientious Objection and Constitutional Interpretation -- Techniques of Amelioration in the Criminal Process: Nonprosecution, Nullification, Sentencing, and Pardon.
Annotation Drawing from numerous examples of conflicts between law and morality, Greenawalt illustrates in detail the positions and predicaments of potential lawbreakers and lawmakers alike.
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