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 value -- The obligation to obey the law -- Respect for law -- A right to dissent? I : civil disobedience -- A right to dissent? II : conscientious objection
Summary
This revised edition of one of the classic works of modern legal philosophy represents the author's contribution which has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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