Coercion and the Nature of Law

This book makes a systematic defence of the Coercion Thesis in law, arguing that coercion or enforcement mechanisms are not only a necessary feature of legal systems, but a conceptually necessary feature of legal systems.

Info autore

Kenneth Einar Himma is Continuing Guest Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb. He has taught at the University of Washington in the Philosophy Department, Information School, and the School of Law, as well as in the Philosophy Department at Seattle Pacific University. He has published widely in philosophy of law, philosophy of religion, and information ethics.

Riassunto

This book makes a systematic defence of the Coercion Thesis in law, arguing that coercion or enforcement mechanisms are not only a necessary feature of legal systems, but a conceptually necessary feature of legal systems.

Testo aggiuntivo

It is best received, I think, as a study in the psychology of law – one that takes claims about law as such ... and fills in any lacunae with reference to empirical observations about human nature, our particular psychologies, and about law as we see and experience it -- and it gets a lot right.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kenneth Einar Himma, Kenneth Einar (Continuing Guest Professor Himma, Himma Kenneth Einar
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.05.2020
• EAN: 9780198854937
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885493-7
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Oxford Legal Philosophy
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; LAW / Jurisprudence, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law