Postulate of Public Right

This Element discusses Kant's Doctrine of Right and argues that Kant's claim of rightful relations between humans requires a civil legal condition. It argues two legal positivisms mislead modern readers. Instead, it shows Kant's postulate of public rights is the foundation of a non-positivist legal theory, crucial to modern legal philosophy.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. From principle to postulate; 2. Law in light of the noumenal republic; Afterword; List of abbreviations; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element discusses Kant's Doctrine of Right and argues that Kant's claim of rightful relations between humans requires a civil legal condition. It argues two legal positivisms mislead modern readers. Instead, it shows Kant's postulate of public rights is the foundation of a non-positivist legal theory, crucial to modern legal philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Capps, Patrick (University of Bristol Law School) Capps, Capps Patrick, Julian Rivers, Rivers Julian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009532730
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953273-0
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Human rights & civil liberties law, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional law and human rights, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law