Moral Aspects of Legal Theory - Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility

Klappentext In this volume, Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. Zusammenfassung This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. The underlying theme of the book is that a system of law has only a tenuous connection with morality and justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The internal morality of law; 2. On formal justice; 3. Legal formalism and instrumentalism - a pathological study; 4. Moral aspects of legal theory; 5. Formal justice and judicial precedent; 6. Derivability, defensibility and the justification of judicial decisions; 7. Constitutional interpretation and original meaning; 8. A preface to constitutional theory; 9. Basic rights and constitutional interpretation; 10. Critical analysis and constructive interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: David Lyons
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1993
• EAN: 9780521432443
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43244-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous