Prescriptive Legal Positivism

Law, Rights and Democracy
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-84472-023-1
Verlag: Routledge-Cavendish

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 675 g

Tom Campbell is well known for his distinctive contributions to legal and political philosophy over three decades. In emphasizing the moral and political importance of taking a positivist approach to law and rights, he has challenged current academic orthodoxies and made a powerful case for regaining and retaining democratic control over the content and development of human rights.

This collection of his essays reaches back to his pioneering work on socialist rights in the 1980s and forward from his seminal book, The Legal Theory of Ethical Positivism (1996). An introductory essay provides an historical overview of Professor Campbell's work and argues for the continuing importance of 'democratic positivism' at a time when it is again becoming clear that courts are ineffective protectors of human rights.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author’s Biography, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1 Repositioning Legal Positivism, Part 1: Law, Part 2: Rights, Part 3: Democracy, Appendix: Publications by Tom Campbell, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tom Campbell is Professorial fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. He is also a Visiting Professor in the School of Law, King's College, London and University of Edinburgh.