Joseph Raz

Between Authority and Interpretation

On the Theory of Law and Practical Reason

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book Joseph Raz develops his work on some central questions in practical philosophy: legal, political and moral. The book provides a valuable overview of Raz's views on the methodology of jurisprudence; on the nature of law and its relation to morality; on the justification of authority; and on interpretation in law and the humanities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 146mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9780199562688
• ISBN-10: 0199562687
• Artikelnr.: 25683575

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* I: Methodological Issues
* 2: Can there be a Theory of Law?
* 3: Two Views of the Nature of the Theory of Law: A Partial Comparison
* II: Law, Authority and Morality
* 4: On the Nature of Law
* 5: The Problem of Authority: Revisiting the Service Conception
* 6: About Morality and the Nature of Law
* 7: Incorporation by Law
* 8: Reasoning with Rules
* III: Interpretation
* 9: Why Interpret?
* 10: Interpretation Without Retrieval
* 11: Intention in Interpretation
* 12: Interpretation: Pluralism and Innovation
* 13: On the Authority and Interpretation of Constitutions: Some
Preliminaries
* Appendix
* 14: Postema on Law's Autonomy and Public Practical Reasons: A
Critical Comment
* Index