Philosophical foundations of the nature of law /

"In recent years we have witnessed major developments in philosophical inquiry concerning the nature of law and, with the continuing development of international and transnational legal institutions, in the phenomenon of law itself. This volume gathers leading writers in the field to take stock...

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Other Authors: Waluchow, Wilfrid J, Sciaraffa, Stefan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013
Edition:First edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Furthering debate between leading theories of Law
  • The Explantory Role of the Weak Natural Law Thesis
  • In Defense of Hart
  • Law's Authority is not a Claim to Preemption
  • The Normative Fallacy Regarding Law's Authority
  • The Problem about the Nature of Law vis-à-vis Legal Rationality Revisited : Towards an Integrative Jurisprudence
  • Part II. The Power of Legal Systems
  • Law as Power : Two Rule of Law Requirements
  • A Comprehensive Hartian Theory of Legal Obligation : Social Pressure, Coercive Enforcement, and the Legal Obligations of Citizens
  • Law and the Entitlement to Coerce
  • Part III. Conceptual Analysis
  • Farewell to Conceptual Analysis (in Jurisprudence)
  • What Do We Want Law to Be? Philosophical Analysis and the Concept of Law
  • Part IV. New Directions
  • Legal as a Thick Concept
  • Making Old Questions New : Legality, Legal System, and State
  • Legal Disagreements and the Dual Nature of Law
  • Is There One Right Answer to the Question of the Nature of Law?