Paul Cliteur, Afshin Ellian

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence (eBook, ePUB)

Legality, Legitimacy and the Foundations of the Law

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of 'liberal democracy' or 'constitutional democracy' across its five chapters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429655487
• Artikelnr.: 56139099

Autorenporträt

Paul Cliteur is Professor of Jurisprudence at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He is the author of The Secular Outlook (2010) and Theoterrorism v. Freedom of Speech (forthcoming).

Afshin Ellian is Professor of Jurisprudence at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He edited The State of Exception and Militant Democracy in a Time of Terror (2012) and Counterterrorism after the IS-Caliphate (forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgment of sources
1 Legality and legitimacy in natural law and legal positivism
2 Constitutional democracy as a legitimate form of government
3 The separation of church and state
4 The universality of values and principles
5 The classical foundations of modern law
Index