Philosophy of law / Andrei Marmor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marmor, Andrei.

Series:

Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy.

Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

Core Textbook

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law--an issue that has been at the heart of legal philosophy for centuries. What the law is seems to be a matter of fact, but this fact has normative significance: it tells people what they ought to do. Is the normative content of a law entirely determined by the facts that make it a law? Are there some normative moral constraints on what the law can be? And can we fully characterize and define the law without assuming a moral conception about what the law oug

Contents:

A pure theory of law?

Social rules at the foundations of law

Authority, conventions, and the normativity of law

Is law determined by morality?

Is legal philosophy normative?

The language of law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612976483

9781782689508

1782689508

9781282976481

1282976486

9781400838707

1400838703

OCLC:

705945439