On Law and Justice

On Law and Justice is a classic work of twentieth-century legal philosophy. Translated from scratch from the original Danish, this critical edition corrects errors in the original English translation, sheds new light on Ross's work, and resituates it firmly in the context of current debate.

List of contents

• Introduction


• I: The Problems of Legal Philosophy


• II: The Concept "Scientifically Valid Danish Law"


• III: The Sources of Law


• IV: Legal Method: Interpretation


• V: Legal Modalities


• VI: The Concept of Rights


• VII: The Theory of Rights in Rem and Rights in Personam


• VIII: The Legal System


• IX: Operative Facts


• X: The History of Natural Law


• XI: Analysis and Critique of the Philosophy of Natural Law


• XII: The Idea of Justice


• XIII: Utilitarianism and the Chimera of Public Utility


• XIV: Science and Politics


• XV: Legal Politics: Purpose and Scope


• XVI: The Possibility of Legal Politics: Between Fate and Utopia


• XVII: The Role of the 'Sense of Justice' in Legal Politics

About the author

Alf Ross (1899-1979) was a Danish legal and moral philosopher and scholar of international law. He is best known as one of the leading exponents of Scandinavian Legal Realism. Ross published Om Ret og Retfærdighed (On Law and Justice) in 1953 which was later published in English in 1958.

Jakob v. H. Holtermann is Associate Professor in Legal Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. His main interests and publications are in the philosophy of legal science, notably the philosophy of Alf Ross, and its relations to Scandinavian and American Legal Realism and to European New Legal Realism.


Uta Bindreiter is Emeritus Associate Professor of Law at Lund University. Her main interest and publications are in legal-theoretical problems - specifically, in the role of basic assumptions in the law.

Summary

On Law and Justice is a classic work of twentieth-century legal philosophy. Translated from scratch from the original Danish, this critical edition corrects errors in the original English translation, sheds new light on Ross's work, and resituates it firmly in the context of current debate.

Product details

• Authors: Alf Ross, Alf ((1899-1979) Was a Danish Legal and Mora Ross, Ross Alf
• Assisted by: Jakob Holtermann (Editor), Jakob v. H. Holtermann (Editor), Uta Bindreiter (Translation), Bindreiter Uta (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780198716105
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871610-5
• No. of pages: 568
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law