The Place of Coercion in Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-00963-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 111 g

Reihe: Elements in Philosophy of Law

The question of whether coercion is a necessary or contingent feature of governance by law is a historically complex aspect of this 'modalist' trend in jurisprudential thinking. The nature of the relation between law and coercion has been elaborated by means of a variety of modally qualified accounts all converging in a more or less committing response to whether the language, concept or essence of law as a system of governance necessarily entails the coercive character of this system. A theory of lawmaking is a conceptual precursor to a jurisprudential theory of coercion. This Element proposes and defends a reconfiguration of the terms in which legal philosophers can disagree about the coercive character of governance by law. Whether the metric approach offers a better explanation of existing problems or fabricates a new problem that has the semblance of an existing problem remains to be seen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gkouvas, Triantafyllos

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. A taxonomy for a modal question; 2. Changing the question; 3. Testing the new question.