Philosophy of Law
- ISBN: 9780691141671
- Editorial: Princeton University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2010
- Lugar de la edición: New Jersey. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: Princeton Foundation of Contemporary Philosophy
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 184
- Idiomas: Inglés
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Sí, por favor búsquenme este libroIn "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 ought to be? Finally, is the philosophy of law about describing what law is, or prescribing what it should be? Marmor argues that the myriad questions raised by the factual and normative features of law actually depend on the possibility of reduction - whether the legal domain can be explained in terms of something else, more foundational in nature. In addition to exploring the major issues in contemporary legal thought, "Philosophy of Law" provides a critical analysis of the people and ideas that have dominated the field in past centuries. It will be essential reading for anyone curious about the nature of law.
