Law in its own right. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Henrik Palmer Olsen and Stuart Toddington.
• Other Names: Olsen, Henrik Palmer; Toddington, Stuart
• Contents: Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; General Editor''s Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. The State of Legal Theory Today; The Obligation to Obey; A Wider Theoretical Context; ''Autonomy'' and ''Artificiality''; Naturalism and Positivism; Methodological and Substantive Ambiguities; The Characterisation of Morality; Evaluation and Description; ''Morality'' or ''Democracy''?; Legal Validity and ''Legal Validity''; 2. The Good Sense of Legal Positivism; The ''Autonomy'' of Law; Morally Sensitive Legal Positivism; Problems Ahead; Legal Validity? ''Technical'' Legal Validity?3. Legal Theory in Sociological Terms; Terminology; The Case for the ''Ideal-type''; Conceptualising Society; Rethinking the Concept of ''Function''; Durkheim, Weber and Marx?; Functionalist Jurisprudence?; A Fresh Start?; Defending the Idea of ''Social Structure''; 4. Legal, Morality or ''The People''?; Weber, Schmitt and ''Disenchantment''; Constitutionalism in Pluralist Society; Constitutionalism and Democracy; Discretion, Democracy and the Rule of Law; 5. Law as a Social Contract; The IA Theory as a Social Contract; The Continuity of Practical Reason. 6. The Elements of ''Transparent Autonomy''Categories, Procedures and Rules; Formalistic Interpretation: Facts and Norms; Finnis: Legal Authority and Moral Incommensurability; Finnis and Dworkin; Attributes of a Theory of Authority and Interpretation; The Implausibility of Incommensurability; Commensurability and Coherence; Determinate Presuppostions of Agency; Validity and Obligation; Index.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages)
• Subjects: 340/.1; Law -- Philosophy; Natural obligations; Legal positivism; Jurisprudence; Obedience (Law); LAW -- Jurisprudence; LAW -- General Practice; LAW -- Reference; LAW -- Essays; LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism; LAW -- Practical Guides; Jurisprudence; Law (Philosophical concept); Legal positivism; Natural obligations; Obedience (Law); Obligations (droit); Obligations naturelles; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847313027; 1847313027
• Related ISBNs: 9781841130347; 1841130346; 1841130281
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.