Legality
What is law? In this book, Scott Shapiro draws on current work in the theory of action to offer an original and compelling answer to this perennial philosophical question.
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- Full title :Legality / Scott J. Shapiro.
Summary
What is law? In this book, Scott Shapiro draws on current work in the theory of action to offer an original and compelling answer to this perennial philosophical question.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (472 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780674058910, 0674058917
- DOI:10.4159/9780674058910
- oclc:ocn709593064
- LC Classification:K230.S525
- Dewey Decimal:340/.1
Table of 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.
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