Positive Law and Objective Values

Zusatztext ... thought-provoking and philosophically sophisticated ... deserves attention from anyone interested in the philosophy of law ... [Marmor's] analysis of constitutive conventions is stimulating ... In an age tarnished by the fatuities of postmodernist mountebanks, his rigorous approach to the philosophy of law is admirable indeed. Informationen zum Autor Andrei Marmor is Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre, Hertzlia, Israel and Long-Term Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School Klappentext Using a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, this book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. Marmor argues that law is founded on constructive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. He also provides an analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and of moral values, are metaphysically objective. Zusammenfassung This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Constitutive Conventions 2: Conventions and The Normativity of Law 3: Exclusive Legal Positivism 4: The Separation Thesis and The Limits of Interpretation 5: Authority and Authorship 6: Three Concepts of Objectivity 7: Four Questions about The Objectivity of Law 8: The Objectivity of Values Bibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: andrei Marmor, Andrei (Associate Professor At the Interdi Marmor, Marmor Andrei
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.05.2001
• EAN: 9780198268970
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826897-0
• Pagine: 200
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Systems of law, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law