Consent in the law / Deryck Beyleveld and Roger Brownsword.

Oxford : Hart, 2007.

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Consent (Law)

Law and ethics.

1. Consent in the law: a preliminary examination

2. The principle of generic consistency: its justification and application

3. The functions of consent in the law

4. Subjects of consent: questions of capacity and competence

5. The conditions of (valid) consent I: unforced and informed choice

6. The conditions of consent II: duress, undue influence, and disclosure

7. Questions of signalling and scope, withdrewal, and refusal

8. The necessity, sufficiency, and relevance of consent I: private wrong and private empowerment

9. The necessity, sufficiency, and relevance of consent II: public wrong

10. Consent and the stability and authority of law

11. Consent as procedural justification: concluding remarks.

This book examines the role of consent as a procedural justification and considers the extent to which the authority of law itself rests on consent.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781841136790

1841136794

xvii, 388 p. ; 24 cm