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Positive Law and Objective Values
Andrei Marmor
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Description for Positive Law and Objective Values
hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. On the basis of a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, the book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. The book also maintains, however, that moral values are objective. It comprises a detailed analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and ... Read more
This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. On the basis of a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, the book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. The book also maintains, however, that moral values are objective. It comprises a detailed analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198268970
SKU
V9780198268970
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About Andrei Marmor
Andrei Marmor is Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre, Hertzlia, Israel and Long-Term Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School
Reviews for Positive Law and Objective Values
... thought-provoking and philosophically sophisticated ... deserves attention from anyone interested in the philosophy of law ... [Marmor's] analysis of constitutive conventions is stimulating ... In an age tarnished by the fatuities of postmodernist mountebanks, his rigorous approach to the philosophy of law is admirable indeed.
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