Law as a Leap of Faith: Essays on Law in General  / John Gardner

By: John GardnerMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: 1st edDescription: XII, [2], 314 s. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780198713883DDC classification: 340.1
Contents:
Introduction ; 1. Law as a Leap of Faith ; 2. Legal Positivism: 5 1/2 Myths ; 3. Some Types of Law ; 4. Can There be a Written Constitution? ; 5. How Law Claims, What Law Claims ; 6. Nearly Natural Law ; 7. The Legality of Law ; 8. On the Supposed Formality of the Rule of Law ; 9. Hart on Legality, Justice, and Morality ; 10. The Virtue of Justice, the Character of Law ; 11. Law in General
Summary: In a series of essays John Gardner has developed distinctive and engaging answers to the central questions of legal philosophy, cutting through the technicalities of the subject to clarify and reinvigorate the main arguments about the nature of law. This volume collects that work to provide a major contribution to the literature on jurisprudence.
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Introduction ; 1. Law as a Leap of Faith ; 2. Legal Positivism: 5 1/2 Myths ; 3. Some Types of Law ; 4. Can There be a Written Constitution? ; 5. How Law Claims, What Law Claims ; 6. Nearly Natural Law ; 7. The Legality of Law ; 8. On the Supposed Formality of the Rule of Law ; 9. Hart on Legality, Justice, and Morality ; 10. The Virtue of Justice, the Character of Law ; 11. Law in General

In a series of essays John Gardner has developed distinctive and engaging answers to the central questions of legal philosophy, cutting through the technicalities of the subject to clarify and reinvigorate the main arguments about the nature of law. This volume collects that work to provide a major contribution to the literature on jurisprudence.

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