Philosophy of law /
In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law--an issue that has been at the heart of legal philosophy for centuries. What the law is seems to be a matter of fact, but this fact has normative significance: it tells p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law--an issue that has been at the heart of legal philosophy for centuries. What the law is seems to be a matter of fact, but this fact has normative significance: it tells people what they ought to do. Is the normative content of a law entirely determined by the facts that make it a law? Are there some normative moral constraints on what the law can be? And can we fully characterize and define the law without assuming a moral conception about what the law ought to be? |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400838707 (electronic bk.) 1400838703 (electronic bk.) |