The authority of law : essays on law and morality / by Joseph Raz.
By: Raz, Joseph.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 340 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199573561 (hardback : acidfree paper); 9780199573578 (pbk. : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Law -- Philosophy | Legal positivism | Natural law | Law and ethicsDDC classification: 340/.112Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOKS | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Library | 340.112 (Browse shelf) | Available | 1190 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Legitimate authority -- The claims of law -- Legal positivism and the sources of law -- Legal reasons, sources, and gaps -- The identity of legal systems -- The institutional nature of law -- Kelsen's theory of the basic norm -- Legal validity -- The functions of law -- Law and value in adjudication -- The rule of law and its virtue -- The obligation to obey the law -- Respect for law -- A right to dissent? : civil disobedience -- A right to dissent? : conscientious objection -- The purity of the pure theory -- The argument from justice, or how not to reply to legal positivism.
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