UID:
edocfu_9959244642902883
Format:
1 online resource (181 p.)
Edition:
Core Textbook
ISBN:
1-78268-950-8
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1-282-97648-6
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9786612976483
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1-4008-3870-3
Series Statement:
Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-691-14167-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781400838707
