| Description |
xiii, 340 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Law -- Philosophy.
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Legal positivism.
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Natural law.
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Law and ethics.
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| LC no. |
2009017221 |
| ISBN |
9780199573561 hardback acid-free paper |
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0199573565 hardback acid-free paper |
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9780199573578 paperback acid-free paper |
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0199573573 paperback acid-free paper |
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