Mark C. Murphy (Washington DC Georgetown University)

Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Natural law is a perennial though poorly represented and understood issue in political philosophy and the philosophy of law. In this 2006 book, Mark C. Murphy argues that the central thesis of natural law jurisprudence - that law is backed by decisive reasons for compliance - sets the agenda for natural law political philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780521108089
• ISBN-10: 052110808X
• Artikelnr.: 25905849

Autorenporträt

Mark C. Murphy is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He is the author of Natural Law and Practical Rationality, An Essay on Divine Authority, and Philosophy of Law, and is editor of Alasdair MacIntyre.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Natural law jurisprudence formulated
2. Natural law jurisprudence defended
3. The common good
4. The natural law rejection of consent theory
5. A constant theory of the authority of law
6. The authority of law and legal punishment
7. Beneath and beyond the common good.