The functions of law /
This book seeks to contribute to a legal positivist picture of law by defending two metaphysical claims about law and investigating their methodological implications. One claim is that the law is a kind of artifact, a thoroughgoing human creation for performing certain tasks or accomplishing certain...
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Concepts, distinctions, and some preliminary remarks on method
- Dworkin : justifying force and the right answer
- Natural law
- Legal positivism as a functional explanation of law
- Metaphysics then method
- Institutions, artifacts, and legal norms
- The functions themselves
- Conclusion