Format:
XIII, 340 S.
Edition:
2. ed., reprint.
ISBN:
9780199573578
,
9780199573561
Content:
Legitimate authority -- The claims of law -- Legal positivism and the sources of law -- Legal reasons, sources, and gaps -- The identity of legal systems -- The institutional nature of law -- Kelsen's theory of the basic norm -- Legal validity -- The functions of law -- Law and value in adjudication -- The rule of law and its virtue -- The obligation to obey the law -- Respect for law -- A right to dissent? : civil disobedience -- A right to dissent? : conscientious objection --The purity of the pure theory -- The argument from justice, or how not to reply to legal positivism
Note:
Includes index. - Includes two previously uncollected essays that develop Raz's views on the nature of law, and a new introduction by the author
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Rechtsethik
Author information:
Raz, Joseph 1939-2022
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