Philosophical Foundations of the Nature of Law

Zusatztext The philosophical foundations of the nature of law is a broad and demanding theme and, to help orient the reader, editors Wil Waluchow and Stephan Sciaraffa have written a helpful introduction and grouped the papers into four topics (Furthering Debates between Leading Theories of Law; The Power of Legal Systems; Conceptual Analysis; and New Directions). Informationen zum Autor Wil Waluchow is a Professor in McMaster's Department of Philosophy, the Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies, and an Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty of Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto. His BA and MA in philosophy are from the University of Western Ontario (Huron University College) and his DPhil in the philosophy of law is from Oxford University, where he studied under the supervision of H.L.A. Hart. His current research interests are in general jurisprudence and the philosophy of constitutional law. He is the author of numerous books, including Inclusive Legal Positivism (OUP, 1994) and A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree (CUP, 2007).Stefan Sciaraffa is Assistant Professor in McMaster's Department of Philosophy. He specializes in the philosophy of law and social, moral and political philosophy. He received a J.D. from the University of Texas and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona. He practiced law as an associate with the commercial litigation section of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP. Klappentext Recent years have witnessed major developments in philosophical inquiry concerning the nature of law and, with the growth of transnational legal institutions, in the phenomenon of law itself. This volume gathers leading writers in the field to take stock of current debates on the nature of law and the aims and methods of legal philosophy. Zusammenfassung Recent years have witnessed major developments in philosophical inquiry concerning the nature of law and, with the growth of transnational legal institutions, in the phenomenon of law itself. This volume gathers leading writers in the field to take stock of current debates on the nature of law and the aims and methods of legal philosophy....

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• Authors: Stefan Sciaraffa, Wil Waluchow, Wil (Senator William Mcmaster Chair in C Waluchow, Wil Sciaraffa Waluchow
• Assisted by: Stefan Sciaraffa (Editor), Stefan (Professor Sciaraffa (Editor), Sciaraffa Stefan (Editor), Wil Waluchow (Editor), Wil (Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies Waluchow (Editor), Waluchow Wil (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199675517
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967551-7
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Philosophical Foundations of Law; Philosophical Foundations of L; Philosophical Foundations of Law; Philosophical Foundations of L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law