Item #184880 The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism. Robert P. George.
The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism
The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism

The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism

Oxford/ New York: Clarendon Press/ Oxford University Press, 1996. Softcover. Black and red illustrated wraps with white lettering; viii, 339 pp. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are very clean and clear.). Item #184880
ISBN: 9780198267904

"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 which 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 in this carefully edited collection, which will be of interest to all lawyers and scholars interested in legal philosophy."- rear cover. Contents include: Too thin and too rich : distinguishing features of legal positivism /; Kent Greenawalt --; Positivism as pariah /; Frederick Schauer --; Does positivism matter? /; R. George Wright --; Law's autonomy and public practical reason /; Gerald J. Postema --; Farewell to 'legal positivism' : the separation thesis unravelling /; Klaus Füfser --; The concept of law and The concept of law /; Neil MacCormick --; The truth in legal positivism /; John Finnis --; Law's normative claims /; Philip Soper --; Intention in interpretation /; Joseph Raz --; Authority and reason /; Jules Coleman --; Natural law and positive law /; Robert P. George.

OCLC: 33359417

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