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Readings

Listed below is the biblographical citation for each course reading, and where available, the full text.

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995) (PDF)

Beitz, Charles.  Political Theory and International Relations.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.

Bentham, Jeremy.  An Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 14-18, 31-34, 134-39, 224-34.

Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) (PDF)

Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976) (PDF)

Cohen, G. A.  If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich?  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.

Coppage v. Kansas, 236 U.S. 1 (1915) (PDF)

Rawls, John.  A Theory of Justice.  Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1999.         

Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) (PDF)

Mill, J. S.  On Liberty, ed. Gertrude Himmelfarb.  London: Viking Press, 1982, Chapters 1-3.

------.  Utilitarianism, ed. Roger Crisp.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, Chapters 1-2.

Friedman, Milton.  Capitalism and Freedom.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Nozick, Robert.   Anarchy, State, and Utopia. New York: Basic Books, 1977.

Okin, Susan Moller.  Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? ed. Matthew Howard et. al. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999, pp. 3-24, 31-34.

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (PDF)

Dwoirkin, Ronald.  Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality.  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002, pp. 1-7 ("Does Equality Matter?"), 320-350 ("Justice, Insurance, and Luck").

San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973) (PDF)

West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937) (PDF)