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Legality / Scott J. Shapiro.

By: Publication details: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: 472 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674055667 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.1 SHA
Contents:
1. What is law (and why should we care)?; 2. Crazy little thing called "law"; 3. Austin's sanction theory; 4. Hart and the rule of recognition; 5. How to do things with plans; 6. The making of a legal system; 7. What law is; 8. Legal reasoning and judicial decision making; 9. Hard cases; 10. Theoretical disagreements; 11. Dworkin and distrust; 12. The economy of trust; 13. The interpretation of plans; 14. The value of legality.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-447) and index.

1. What is law (and why should we care)?;
2. Crazy little thing called "law";
3. Austin's sanction theory;
4. Hart and the rule of recognition;
5. How to do things with plans;
6. The making of a legal system;
7. What law is;
8. Legal reasoning and judicial decision making;
9. Hard cases;
10. Theoretical disagreements;
11. Dworkin and distrust;
12. The economy of trust;
13. The interpretation of plans;
14. The value of legality.