03298nam 22005295 450 991075508790332120251008161948.03-031-43868-X10.1007/978-3-031-43868-4(MiAaPQ)EBC30832470(Au-PeEL)EBL30832470(PPN)272914436(CKB)28572701700041(DE-He213)978-3-031-43868-4(OCoLC)1407317667(EXLCZ)992857270170004120231028d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeyond Legal Positivism The Moral Authority of Law /by Whitley R. P. Kaufman1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2023.1 online resource (167 pages)Law and Philosophy Library,2215-0315 ;143Print version: Kaufman, Whitley R. P. Beyond Legal Positivism Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031438677 Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Analysis -- 3. The Problem of Legal Authority -- 4. The Function of Law -- 5. Normative Legal Positivism -- 6. Conclusion.Legal Positivism has been the dominant school of legal philosophy for much of the last century, despite its many critics. Its central tenet has long been that there is no necessary connection between law and morality. This book provides a broad but clear and jargon-free account of the central objections to the theory and why those objections are sufficient to show that legal positivism is no longer tenable. This includes a broad critique of the purported distinction method of legal positivism, the idea of ‘conceptual analysis,’ as well as a detailed assessment of the most influential of all legal positivist theories, that of H.L.A. Hart. The book also provides a defense of the natural law school, which holds in contrast to legal positivism that the authority of law arises from its intrinsic connection to morality. The author demonstrates that most of the criticism of the natural law school arises from a caricatured account of that doctrine, for instance the idea that it requires substantive theological commitments or particular conceptions of human nature. In contrast, the author presents an account of natural law theory that is grounded in a commitment to moral truth, but not to any theological beliefs. The nature of law can only be understood in terms of its moral function, to provide a clear set of moral rules that are required for a society to function effectively.Law and Philosophy Library,2215-0315 ;143LawPhilosophyLawHistoryTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal HistoryLawPhilosophy.LawHistory.Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.340.112Kaufman Whitley R. P.1963-1449157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910755087903321Beyond Legal Positivism3645510UNINA