Jonathan Crowe

Natural Law and the Nature of Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an updated and contemporary defence of natural law ideas, answering age-old questions about law's nature, origins and purpose, and challenging common understandings of what natural law is. It will be an indispensable guide to the subject for students in law, philosophy and religious studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781108735681
• ISBN-10: 1108735681
• Artikelnr.: 60352626

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Crowe is Professor of Law at Bond University, Queensland. He is the author or editor of several books, including Legal Theory (3rd edition, forthcoming) and Research Handbook on Natural Law Theory (forthcoming). His work has appeared in leading international journals, including the Modern Law Review, the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Jurisprudence, Ratio Juris and Law and Critique.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Normative Foundations: 1. Normative inclinations
2. Theorising human goods
3. Acting for reasons
4. The common good
5. Rights and freedoms
6. The role of the state
Part II. The Nature Law: 7. The natural law thesis
8. Law as an artifact kind
9. The function of law
10. Law without authority
11. Contextual interpretation
12. The value of integrity
Conclusion.