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Between Authority and Interpretation : On the Theory of Law and Practical Reason.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raz, Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Practical reason.
- Authority.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (641 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009.
- Summary:
- In this book Joseph Raz develops his work on some central questions in practical philosophy: legal, political and moral. The book provides a valuable overview of Raz's views on the methodology of jurisprudence; on the nature of law and its relation to morality; on the justification of authority; and on interpretation in law and the humanities.
- Contents:
- Can there be a theory of law?
- Two views of the nature of the theory of law : a partial comparison
- On the nature of law
- The problem of authority : revisiting the service conception
- About morality and the nature of law
- Incorporation by law
- Reasoning with rules
- Why interpret?
- Interpretation without retrieval
- Intention in interpretation
- Interpretation : pluralism and innovation
- On the authority and interpretation of constitutions : some preliminaries
- Postema on law's autonomy and public practical reasons : a critical comment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Raz, Joseph Between Authority and Interpretation
- ISBN:
- 9780191580345
- OCLC:
- 1336403367
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