The Autonomy of Law

Essays on Legal Positivism
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-826790-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 497 g

This collection of original essays from distinguished legal philosophers offers a challenging assessment of the nature and viability of legal positivism, an approach to legal theory that continues to dominate contemporary legal theoretical debates. To what extent is the law adequately described as autonomous? Should legal theorists maintain a conceptual separation of law and morality? These and other questions are addressed by the authors of this carefully edited collection, which will be of interest to all lawyers and scholars interested in legal philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

George, Robert P.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Kent Greenawalt: Too Thin and Too Rich: Distinguishing Features of Legal Positivism

- 2: Frederick Schauer: Positivism as Pariah

- 3: R. George Wright: Does Positivism Matter?

- 4: Gerald J. Postema: Law's Autonomy and Public Practical Reason

- 5: Klaus Fusser: Farewell to `Legal Positivism': The Separation Thesis Unravelling

- 6: Neil MacCormack: The Concept of law and The Concept of Law

- 7: John Finnis: The Truth in Legal Positivism

- 8: Philip Soper: Law's Normative Claims

- 9: Joseph Raz: Intention in Interpretation

- 10: Jules Coleman: Authority and Reason

- 11: Robert P. George: Natural Law and Positive Law

Über Autor(innen)

Robert George is Professor of Law at Princeton University. He is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States and presidential Appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights