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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791594303321

Autore

Marmor Andrei

Titolo

Philosophy of law [[electronic resource] /] / Andrei Marmor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-78268-950-8

1-282-97648-6

9786612976483

1-4008-3870-3

Edizione

[Core Textbook]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy

Disciplina

340/.1

Soggetti

Law - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A pure theory of law? -- Social rules at the foundations of law -- Authority, conventions, and the normativity of law -- Is law determined by morality? -- Is legal philosophy normative? -- The language of law.

Sommario/riassunto

In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law--an issue that has been at the heart of legal philosophy for centuries. What the law is seems to be a matter of fact, but this fact has normative significance: it tells people what they ought to do. Is the normative content of a law entirely determined by the facts that make it a law? Are there some normative moral constraints on what the law can be? And can we fully characterize and define the law without assuming a moral conception about what the law oug