The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality
Author:   Joseph Raz (Research Professor, Oxford University and Research Professor, Columbia University Law School)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9780199573578


Pages:   360
Publication Date:   18 June 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Joseph Raz (Research Professor, Oxford University and Research Professor, Columbia University Law School)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9780199573578


ISBN 10:   0199573573
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   18 June 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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I Law and Authority 1: Legitimate Authority 2: The Claims of Law II The Nature of Law and Natural Law 3: Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law 4: Legal Reason, Sources, and Gaps 5: The Identity of Legal Systems 6: The Institutional Nature of Law 7: Kelsen's Theory of the Basic Norm 8: Legal Validity III Internal Legal Values 9: The Functions of Law 10: Law and Value in Adjudication 11: The Rule of Law and its Virtue IV Moral Attitudes to the Law 12: The Obligation to Obey the Law 13: Respect for Law 14: A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience 15: A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious Objection V Appendices Appendix I The Purity of the Pure Theory Appendix II The Argument from Justice

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Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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