Making law bind : essays legal and philosophical / Tony Honoré.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honoré, Tony, 1921-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

vii, 274 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Summary:

Expressing views not easily placed within any one school of opinion, this collection of the papers of Tony Honor'e reflects the author's contribution, as both critic and participant in debate, to the study of legal philosophy over the last twenty-five years. His wide-ranging essays cover such topics as motivation to conform to the law, norms and obligations, and rights and justice, and conclude with an essay supporting the use of law to encourage or reinforce morality.

Contents:

How is law possible?

Groups, laws, and obedience

What is a group?

Real laws

The basic norm of a society

Nécessité oblige

The social contract interpreted

Ownership

Social justice

Property, title, and redistribution

The human community and majority rule

Rights and the rightless

Law, morals, and rescue.

Notes:

One essay translated from Spanish.

Chiefly revised versions of previously published essays.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198254679 :

OCLC:

13902632