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Social Contract

Professor Liam Murphy of New York University argues that, rather than a myopic view of taxation focusing merely on the burdens and not the benefits of taxation, we should instead focus on outcomes and what level of tax is necessary to bring about a good society.

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Equality in an Era of Responsibility

Professor Roemer, Professor of Political Science and Economics, Yale University, argues that Rawlsian veil-of-ignorance thought experiments will not produce the recommendations that egalitarians desire, and that a more direct and non-contractarian approach must be taken to integrate responsibility into egalitarian theory.

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Adjudicating Socio-Economic Rights

A report of a workshop held in Oxford in June 2008.

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The Social Contract Revisited: The Modern Welfare State

This report summarizes the three-year programme investigating the social contract and the modern welfare state.

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Work, Employment, and Industrial Relations in the Social Contract

Globalization, advances in technology, and changes in family structure demand a renewed emphasis on employment security and income

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Plucking the Goose: The Role of Taxation in the Modern Social Contract

This report is intended to provide both a record and a critical assessment of the third workshop of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society’s programme on The Social Contract Revisited: The Modern Welfare State. The workshop was held in Oxford on 23^rd to 25^th April 2008.

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The Contract for Income Support and Pensions in the Modern Welfare State

This report is intended to provide both a record and a critical assessment of the second workshop of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society’s programme, The Social Contract Revisited: The Modern Welfare State. The workshop was held in Oxford, 10–12 October 2007.

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Empirical and Normative Claims in Social Contract Arguments

This report provides both a record and a critical assessment of the first workshop of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Programme on The Social Contract Revisited: The Modern Welfare State. The workshop was held in Oxford on 18-20 April 2007.

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Disability Benefit Reform and the Contract for Income Support

Many social security institutions are in the process of reforming their disability benefit programmes in an effort to reduce historically high numbers of beneficiaries on the rolls.

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