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Author Shapiro, Scott.

Title Legality / Scott J. Shapiro
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011

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Description 472 pages ; 25 cm
Contents What is law (and why should we care)? -- Crazy little thing called "law" -- Austin's sanction theory -- Hart and the rule of recognition -- How to do things with plans -- The making of a legal system -- What law is -- Legal reasoning and judicial decision making -- Hard cases -- Theoretical disagreements -- Dworkin and distrust -- The economy of trust -- The interpretation of plans -- The value of legality
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Jurisprudence.
Law -- Philosophy.
Legal positivism.
LC no. 2010018677
ISBN 9780674055667 (alk. paper)
0674055667 (alk. paper)