Legal Naturalism : A Marxist Theory of Law / Olufemi Taiwo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taiwo, Olufemi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and socialism.

Natural law.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Legal Naturalism advances a clear and convincing case that Marx's theory of law is a form of natural law jurisprudence. It explicates both Marx's writings and the idea of natural law, and makes a forceful contribution to current debates on the foundations of law. Olufemi Taiwo argues that embedded in the corpus of Marxist writing is a plausible, adequate, and coherent legal theory. He describes Marx's general concept of law, which he calls "legal naturalism." For Marxism, natural law isn't a permanent verity; it refers to the basic law of a given epoch or social formation which is an essential aspect of its mode of production. Capitalist law is thus natural law in a capitalist society and is politically and morally progressive relative to the laws of preceding social formations. Taiwo emphasizes that these formations are dialectical or dynamic, not merely static, so that the law which is naturally appropriate to a capitalist economy will embody tensions and contradictions that replicate the underlying conflicts of that economy. In addition, he discusses the enactment and reform of "positive law"-law established by government institutions-in a Marxian framework.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Foundation: Marx on Law and Laws

2. A Marxist Theory of Natural Law

3. Laying Down the Law: The Positivization of Natural Law

4. On the Autonomy of Law

5. Change and Continuity in Law

6. Should Law Wither Away?

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781501701733

1501701738

9781501701740

1501701746

OCLC:

966885123