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What Makes Law: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

By Liam Murphy

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780521834278, 9780521542197, 9780511808425, 0521834279, 0521542197, 0511808429
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511808425
LCC
K231 .M875 2014
Google Books ID
a4OYAwAAQBAJ
Open Library ID
OL27549209M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
574 kB (587694 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law
Pages
xii, 208 pages ;\221
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2023-08-11 02:02:50

Description

This book offers an advanced introduction to central questions in legal philosophy. What factors determine the content of the law in force? What makes a normative system a legal system? How does law beyond the state differ from domestic law? What kind of moral force does law have? The most important existing views are introduced, but the aim is not to survey the existing literature. Rather, this book introduces the subject by stepping back from the fray to sketch the big picture, to show just what is at stake in these old debates. Legal philosophy has become somewhat arid and inward looking. In part this is because the disagreement between the main camps on the important questions is apparently intractable. The main aim of the book is to suggest both a diagnosis and a proper practical response to this situation of intractable disagreement about questions that do matter.

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