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Positive Law and Objective Values

By Andrei Marmor

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0198268971, 9780198268970
Open Library ID
OL7398697M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18281743 bytes)
Pages
200\200
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Using a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, this book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. Marmor argues that law is founded on constructive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. He also provides an analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and of moral values, are metaphysically objective.

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