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From positivism to idealism [electronic resource] : a study of the moral dimensions of legality / Sean Coyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coyle, Sean.
- Series:
- Applied legal philosophy.
- Applied legal philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legal positivism.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Law--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Illuminating the idea of legality by a consideration of its moral nature, this book explores the emergence and development of two rival traditions of legal thought (those of 'positivism' and 'idealism') which together define the structure of modern juridical thought. In doing so, it consciously departs from many of the tendencies and working assumptions that define modern legal philosophy.
- Contents:
- Reflection on law's nature
- Reason, will and law
- Doctrinal scholarship and the science of right
- Legal positivism, doctrinal science and statist conceptions of law
- The changing face of positivism : from Hobbes to Hart
- The limits of legal positivism
- Beyond positivism and idealism
- Liberal politics and private law
- The moral nature of law.
- Notes:
- Series statement from jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-15794-9
- 1-281-09876-0
- 9786611098766
- 0-7546-8611-6
- OCLC:
- 476277756
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