Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 213 g
A Reply to Legal Positivism
Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 213 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-958421-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford
establish a sufficiently strong connection between law and morality, and the normative argument alone fails to address the nature of law, the two arguments together support a nonpositivistic concept of law, toppling legal positivism qua comprehensive theory of law.
The author makes his case within a conceptual framework of five distinctions that can be variously combined to represent a multiplicity of presuppositions or perspectives underlying the enquiry into the relationship of law and morality. In this context, it can indeed be shown that there are perspectives that bespeak solely a positivistic concept of law. The decisive point, however, is that there is a perspective, necessary to the law, that necessarily presupposes a nonpositivistic concept of
law. This is the perspective of a participant in the legal system, asking for the correct answer to a legal question in this legal system. The participant-thesis is demonstrated by appeal to Gustav Radbruch's formula (extreme injustice is not law) and to the judge's balancing of principles in deciding
a concrete case. The author arrives at a concept of law that systematically links classical elements of legal positivism - authoritative issuance and social efficacy - with the desideratum of nonpositivistic legal theory, correctness of content.
Zielgruppe
Academics and scholars in the fields of law and philosophy, jurisprudence, and legal philosophy
Fachgebiete
- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
I The Problem of Legal Positivism
1: The Basic Positions
2: The Practical Significance of the Debate
II The Concept of Law
1: Central Elements
2: Positivistic Concepts of Law
3: Critique of Positivistic Concepts of Law
III The Validity of Law
1: Concepts of Validity
2: Collisions of Validity
3: Basic Norm
IV Definition