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The authority of law : Essays on law and morality

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2009Edition: 2ndDescription: 340p xiiiISBN:
  • 9780199573578
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.100000 RAZ
Contents:
Table of Contents: I Law and Authority; 1. Legitimate Authority; 2. The Claims of Law; II The Nature of Law and Natural Law; 3. Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law; 4. Legal Reason, Sources, and Gaps; 5. The Identity of Legal Systems; 6. The Institutional Nature of Law; 7. Kelsen's Theory of the Basic Norm; 8. Legal Validity; III Internal Legal Values; 9. The Functions of Law; 10. Law and Value in Adjudication; 11. The Rule of Law and its Virtue; IV Moral Attitudes to the Law; 12. The Obligation to Obey the Law; 13. Respect for Law; 14. A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience; 15. A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious Objection; V Appendices; Appendix I The Purity of the Pure Theory; Appendix II The Argument from Justice.
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Table of Contents:
I Law and Authority;
1. Legitimate Authority;
2. The Claims of Law;
II The Nature of Law and Natural Law;
3. Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law;
4. Legal Reason, Sources, and Gaps;
5. The Identity of Legal Systems;
6. The Institutional Nature of Law;
7. Kelsen's Theory of the Basic Norm;
8. Legal Validity;
III Internal Legal Values;
9. The Functions of Law;
10. Law and Value in Adjudication;
11. The Rule of Law and its Virtue;
IV Moral Attitudes to the Law;
12. The Obligation to Obey the Law;
13. Respect for Law;
14. A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience;
15. A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious Objection;
V Appendices;
Appendix I The Purity of the Pure Theory;
Appendix II The Argument from Justice.