Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, Volume 2: Normativism and Anti-Normativism in Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5099-3590-1
Verlag: BLOOMSBURY 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Vienna Lectures on Legal Philo

This second volume of the Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy series presents 11 chapters which are dedicated to normativist and anti-normativist approaches to law.

The book focuses on the question: What is law? Is it a set of obligations imposed on courts and officials to guide their conduct and to assess the conduct of others? Or is it the result of settlements reached by opposing sides that accept arrangements and understandings to sustain peaceful cooperation?

If law is the former its significance and meaning are independent of a shifting constellation of forces; if it is not, then what the law says depends on the relative power and prestige of the actors involved.

With contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field, the collection presents a balanced and nuanced assessment of what is perhaps the most controversial debate in contemporary legal philosophy today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bezemek, Christoph

Somek, Alexander

Potacs, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Normality of Normativity
Ino Augsberg
2. On the Significance of Virtues in Morality and Law
Peter Koller
3. The Basic Norm
Stanley L Paulson
4. Normativity at Large: On Moral Absolutism, Legal Relativism and Social Systems Anti-Normativism
Jirí Pribán
5. Legal Realism and Legal Reasoning: A Quasi-Realist Approach
Torben Spaak
6. On the Boundaries of Normativity in Law
Aditi Bagchi
7. Can We Escape Normativism in Law?
Michael Potacs
8. Real Constitutional Law: A Revised Madisonian Perspective
Alexander Somek
9. The Concept of Law Revisited: An Essay in Descriptive Psychology
Anne van Aaken
10. The Foundations of Legal Empirical Studies of European Union Law: A Starter Kit
Urska Sadl and Jakob V H Holtermann
11. Preserving us from Regulatory Power? Legal Normativity and the Possibility of Agency
Sylvie Delacroix

Über Autor(innen)

Somek, Alexander
Alexander Somek is Professor of Legal Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Potacs, Michael
Michael Potacs is Professor of Law at the Instutute of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Bezemek, Christoph
Christoph Bezemek is Professor of Law at the University of Graz, Austria.

Christoph Bezemek is Professor of Law at the University of Graz, Austria.
Michael Potacs is Professor of Law at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Alexander Somek is Professor of Law at the University of Vienna, Austria, and Global Affiliated Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, USA.