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Osiel, Mark. "Introduction: Defining the Puzzle". The Right to Do Wrong: Morality and the Limits of Law, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2019, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240193-001

Osiel, M. (2019). Introduction: Defining the Puzzle. In The Right to Do Wrong: Morality and the Limits of Law (pp. 1-21). Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240193-001

Osiel, M. 2019. Introduction: Defining the Puzzle. The Right to Do Wrong: Morality and the Limits of Law. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240193-001

Osiel, Mark. "Introduction: Defining the Puzzle" In The Right to Do Wrong: Morality and the Limits of Law, 1-21. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240193-001

Osiel M. Introduction: Defining the Puzzle. In: The Right to Do Wrong: Morality and the Limits of Law. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2019. p.1-21. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240193-001

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Introduction: Defining the Puzzle 1
1. Common Morality, Social Mores, and the Law 22
2. A Sampling of Rights to Do Wrong 44
3. Three Rights to Do Wrong 85
4. How to “Abuse” a Right 109
5. Law and Morality in Ordinary Language and Social Science 131
6. Divergences of Law and Morals: Sites and Sources 153
7. Convergences of Law and Morals: Sites and Sources 176
8. Questions of Method and Meaning: The Law at Odds with Common Morality 195
9. Why This Book Is Not What You Had in Mind 217
10. The Changing Stance of Lawyers toward Common Morality 233
11. Commercial Morality, Bourgeois Virtue, and the Law 246
12. How We Attach Responsibilities to Rights 261
13. Common Morality Confronts Modernity 288
Conclusion 319
Notes 333
References 429
Acknowledgments 491
Index 493

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Introduction: Defining the Puzzle 1
1. Common Morality, Social Mores, and the Law 22
2. A Sampling of Rights to Do Wrong 44
3. Three Rights to Do Wrong 85
4. How to “Abuse” a Right 109
5. Law and Morality in Ordinary Language and Social Science 131
6. Divergences of Law and Morals: Sites and Sources 153
7. Convergences of Law and Morals: Sites and Sources 176
8. Questions of Method and Meaning: The Law at Odds with Common Morality 195
9. Why This Book Is Not What You Had in Mind 217
10. The Changing Stance of Lawyers toward Common Morality 233
11. Commercial Morality, Bourgeois Virtue, and the Law 246
12. How We Attach Responsibilities to Rights 261
13. Common Morality Confronts Modernity 288
Conclusion 319
Notes 333
References 429
Acknowledgments 491
Index 493

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