Moral aspects of legal theory : essays on law, justice, and political responsibility / David Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, David, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and ethics.

Justice.

Justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Summary:

This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice.

Contents:

1 The internal morality of law 1

2 On formal justice 13

3 Legal formalism and instrumentalism

a pathological study 41

4 Moral aspects of legal theory 64

5 Formal justice and judicial precedent 102

6 Derivability, defensibility, and the justification of judicial decisions 119

7 Constitutional interpretation and original meaning 141

8 A preface to constitutional theory 169

9 Basic rights and constitutional interpretation 185

10 Critical analysis and constructive interpretation 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0521432448

0521438357

OCLC:

26398615