Philosophy Law and Legal Theory

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-20288-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 815 g

This carefully selected set of readings presents some of the most important articles in the field. The collection is essential reading for anyone with an interest in legal philosophy.

- Gathers together some of the most important articles in the field of philosophy of law and legal theory.

- Complements Dennis Patterson's A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Blackwell, 1999).

- Represents essential reading for the beginning law student.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, Dennis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Part I Nature of Law 7

1 The Path of the Law 9
O. W. Holmes

2 A Realistic Jurisprudence – The Next Step 22
Karl Llewellyn

3 The Model of Rules 46
Ronald Dworkin

Part II Relation of Law and Morality 67

4 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals 69
H. L. A. Hart

5 Positivism and Fidelity to Law: A Reply to Professor Hart 91
Lon L. Fuller

6 Negative and Positive Positivism 116
Jules L. Coleman

7 On the Incoherence of Legal Positivism 134
John Finnis

Part III Theories of Adjudication 145

8 Hard Cases 147
Ronald Dworkin

9 What has Pragmatism to Offer Law? 180
Richard A. Posner

Part IV Legal Indeterminacy 191

10 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication 193
Duncan Kennedy

11 Legal Indeterminacy 253
Ken Kress

Part V Rights and other Legal Concepts 293

12 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning 295
Wesley N. Hohfeld

Part VI The Autonomy of Law and Legal Reasoning 323

13 Legal Formalism: On the Immanent Rationality of Law 325
Ernest J. Weinrib

14 Law as Interpretation 374
Ronald Dworkin

15 The Problem of Social Cost 389
Ronald H. Coase

Index 420

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Patterson is Distinguished Professor of Law (Camden) and Philosophy (New Brunswick) at Rutgers University. He is the author of Law and Truth (1996) and editor of A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Blackwell, 1996). He has been a Fellow in the Politics Department at Princeton University and a Visiting Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of Vienna.