Product details
ISBN
9780198267904
Published
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
419 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
137 mm
Thickness
19 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
352
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Robert George is Professor of Law at Princeton University. He is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States and presidential Appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
This collection of original essays from distinguished legal philosophers offers a challenging assessment of the nature and viability of legal positivism, an approach to legal theory that continues to dominate contemporary legal theoretical debates. To what extent is the law adequately described as autonomous? Should legal theorists maintain a conceptual separation of law and morality? These and other questions are addressed by the authors of this carefully edited collection, which will be of interest to all lawyers and scholars interested in legal philosophy.
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This collection of essays from legal philosophers offers an assessment of the nature and viability of legal positivism. It addresses questions such as: to what extent is the law adequately described as autonomous?; and should legal theorists maintain a conceptual separation of law and morality?
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1. Too Thin and Too Rich: Distinguishing Features of Legal Positivism ; 2. Positivism as Pariah ; 3. Does Positivism Matter? ; 4. Law's Autonomy and Public Practical Reason ; 5. Farewell to 'Legal Positivism': The Separation Thesis Unravelling ; 6. The Concept of law and The Concept of Law ; 7. The Truth in Legal Positivism ; 8. Law's Normative Claims ; 9. Intention in Interpretation ; 10. Authority and Reason ; 11. Natural Law and Positive Law
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Original essays by the leading names in legal philosophy and legal theory
Positivism is one of the most important topics in contemporary legal philosophy
Robert George is Professor of Law at Princeton University. He is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States and presidential Appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Original essays by the leading names in legal philosophy and legal theory
Positivism is one of the most important topics in contemporary legal philosophy
Product details
ISBN
9780198267904
Published
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
419 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
137 mm
Thickness
19 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
352
Edited by