LEADER 03298nam 22005295 450 001 9910755087903321 005 20251008161948.0 010 $a3-031-43868-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-43868-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30832470 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30832470 035 $a(PPN)272914436 035 $a(CKB)28572701700041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-43868-4 035 $a(OCoLC)1407317667 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928572701700041 100 $a20231028d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeyond Legal Positivism $eThe Moral Authority of Law /$fby Whitley R. P. Kaufman 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (167 pages) 225 1 $aLaw and Philosophy Library,$x2215-0315 ;$v143 311 08$aPrint version: Kaufman, Whitley R. P. Beyond Legal Positivism Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031438677 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Analysis -- 3. The Problem of Legal Authority -- 4. The Function of Law -- 5. Normative Legal Positivism -- 6. Conclusion. 330 $aLegal Positivism has been the dominant school of legal philosophy for much of the last century, despite its many critics. Its central tenet has long been that there is no necessary connection between law and morality. This book provides a broad but clear and jargon-free account of the central objections to the theory and why those objections are sufficient to show that legal positivism is no longer tenable. This includes a broad critique of the purported distinction method of legal positivism, the idea of ?conceptual analysis,? as well as a detailed assessment of the most influential of all legal positivist theories, that of H.L.A. Hart. The book also provides a defense of the natural law school, which holds in contrast to legal positivism that the authority of law arises from its intrinsic connection to morality. The author demonstrates that most of the criticism of the natural law school arises from a caricatured account of that doctrine, for instance the idea that it requires substantive theological commitments or particular conceptions of human nature. In contrast, the author presents an account of natural law theory that is grounded in a commitment to moral truth, but not to any theological beliefs. The nature of law can only be understood in terms of its moral function, to provide a clear set of moral rules that are required for a society to function effectively. 410 0$aLaw and Philosophy Library,$x2215-0315 ;$v143 606 $aLaw$xPhilosophy 606 $aLaw$xHistory 606 $aTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History 615 0$aLaw$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 14$aTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. 676 $a340.112 700 $aKaufman$b Whitley R. P.$f1963-$01449157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910755087903321 996 $aBeyond Legal Positivism$93645510 997 $aUNINA