Neutrality and theory of law /
This book brings together twelve of the most important legal philosophers in the Anglo-American and Civil Law traditions. The book is a collection of the papers these philosophers presented at the Conference on Neutrality and Theory of Law, held at the University of Girona, in May 2010. The central...
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2013. |
Literature type: | eBook |
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English Spanish |
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Law and philosophy library ; v.106. |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6067-7 |
Summary: |
This book brings together twelve of the most important legal philosophers in the Anglo-American and Civil Law traditions. The book is a collection of the papers these philosophers presented at the Conference on Neutrality and Theory of Law, held at the University of Girona, in May 2010. The central question that the conference and this collection seek to answer is: Can a theory of law be neutral? The book covers most of the main jurisprudential debates. It presents an overall discussion of the connection between law and morals, and the possibility of determining the content of law without appe |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
ISBN: |
9789400760677 (electronic bk.) 9400760671 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | K225 |
CLC: | D90-02 |
Contents: |
The Province of Jurisprudence Underdetermined / Necessity, Importance, and the Nature of Law / Ideals, Practices, and Concepts in Legal Theory / Alexy Between Positivism and Non-positivism / The Architecture of Jurisprudence / Norms, Truth, and Legal Statements / Juristenrecht: Inventing Rights, Obligations, and Powers / The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence: A New Case for Skepticism / Normative Legal Positivism, Neutrality, and the Rule of Law / On the Neutrality of Charter Reasoning / Between Positivism and Non-positivism? A Third Reply to Eugenio Bulygin / The Scientific Model of Jurisprudence / Jurisprudential Methodology: Is Pure Interpretation Possible? / |