The Philosophy of Law in Historical Perspective
Author | : Carl Joachim Friedrich |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0226264661 |
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Author | : Carl Joachim Friedrich |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0226264661 |
Author | : Marcel van Ackeren |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780197266298 |
Some pursue philosophy via its history, while others focus on current debates without reference to the past. But a growing group of philosophers believe historical perspective can contribute to current debates. 'Philosophy and the Historical Perspective' explores the importance of this perspective and investigates the very nature of philosophy.
Author | : Raymond Wacks |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2014-02-27 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0191510637 |
The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life. Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society, illuminating its meaning and its relation to the universal questions of justice, rights, and morality. In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks analyses the nature and purpose of the legal system, and the practice by courts, lawyers, and judges. Wacks reveals the intriguing and challenging nature of legal philosophy with clarity and enthusiasm, providing an enlightening guide to the central questions of legal theory. In this revised edition Wacks makes a number of updates including new material on legal realism, changes to the approach to the analysis of law and legal theory, and updates to historical and anthropological jurisprudence. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Larry May |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 649 |
Release | : 2009-05-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1405183888 |
Philosophy of Law provides a rich overview of the diverse theoretical justifications for our legal rules, systems, and practices. Utilizes the work of both classical and contemporary philosophers to illuminate the relationship between law and morality Introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of International Law and its increasing importance as we face globalization Features concrete examples in the form of cases significant to the evolution of law Contrasts Anglo-American law with foreign institutions and practices such as those in China, Japan, India, Ireland and Canada Incorporates diverse perspectives on the philosophy of law ranging from canonical material to feminist theory, critical theory, postmodernism, and critical race theory
Author | : Keith Culver |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1999-12-07 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781551111797 |
Author | : Andrei Marmor |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2014-12-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0691163960 |
In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law—an issue that has been at the heart of legal philosophy for centuries. What the law is seems to be a matter of fact, but this fact has normative significance: it tells people what they ought to do. Marmor argues that the myriad questions raised by the factual and normative features of law actually depend on the possibility of reduction—whether the legal domain can be explained in terms of something else, more foundational in nature. In addition to exploring the major issues in contemporary legal thought, Philosophy of Law provides a critical analysis of the people and ideas that have dominated the field in past centuries. It will be essential reading for anyone curious about the nature of law.
Author | : James Bernard Murphy |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0300138016 |
In this first book-length study of positive law, James Bernard Murphy rewrites central chapters in the history of jurisprudence by uncovering a fundamental continuity among four great legal philosophers: Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, and John Austin. In their theories of positive law, Murphy argues, these thinkers represent successive chapters in a single fascinating story. That story revolves around a fundamental ambiguity: is law positive because it is deliberately imposed (as opposed to customary law) or because it lacks moral necessity (as opposed to natural law)? These two senses of positive law are not coextensive yet the discourse of positive law oscillates unstably between them. What, then, is the relation between being deliberately imposed and lacking moral necessity? Murphy demonstrates how the discourse of positive law incorporates both normative and descriptive dimensions of law, and he discusses the relation of positive law not only to jurisprudence but also to the philosophy of language, ethics, theories of social order, and biblical law.
Author | : Douglas E. Edlin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2010-10-18 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780521176156 |
In this book, legal scholars, philosophers, historians, and political scientists from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States analyze the common law through three of its classic themes: rules, reasoning, and constitutionalism. Their essays, specially commissioned for this volume, provide an opportunity for thinkers from different jurisdictions and disciplines to talk to each other and to their wider audience within and beyond the common law world. This book allows scholars and students to consider how these themes and concepts relate to one another. It will initiate and sustain a more inclusive and well-informed theoretical discussion of the common law's method, process, and structure. It will be valuable to lawyers, philosophers, political scientists, and historians interested in constitutional law, comparative law, judicial process, legal theory, law and society, legal history, separation of powers, democratic theory, political philosophy, the courts, and the relationship of the common law tradition to other legal systems of the world.