Drinking Hemlock: Conversations about the Philosophy of Law

Is the Law just?

After facing a jury of his peers, Socrates was sentenced to death for the crime of ‘corrupting the youth’. Athenian law required him to drink a cup of poison hemlock, but did he deserve to die?

Are lawyers immoral?

Should defence lawyers be allowed to help the guilty go free by outsmarting prosecutors and raising technical points?

Are judges lawmakers?

Courts have legalised gay marriage and banned the death penalty. When judges deliver landmark decisions, are they making law or merely interpreting it?

Drinking Hemlock combines Socratic dialogue with years of experience from practising lawyers to solve these legal conundrums.