Author

Publication

2005-12-30 - Cambridge Univ Pr (Txp)

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100521542197
  • ISBN-139780521542197
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013048833
  • OCLC Control Number149184414
  • OCLC Control Number865002677
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780521542197
  • Open LibraryOL10435745M

Classifications

  • LCCK231
  • LCCK231 .M875 2014
  • LCCK231 .M88 2014

Description

"This book offers an advanced introduction to central questions in legal philosophy. What factors determine the content of the law in force? What makes a normative system a legal system? How does law beyond the state differ from domestic law? What kind of moral force does law have? These are all questions about the nature of law. The most important existing views are introduced, but the aim is not to survey the existing literature. Rather, this book introduces the subject by stepping back from the fray to sketch the big picture, to show just what is at stake in these old debates. Legal philosophy has become somewhat arid and inward looking. In part this is because the disagreement between the main camps on the important questions is apparently intractable. The main aim of the book is to suggest both a diagnosis and a proper practical response to this situation of intractable disagreement about questions that do matter"--

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