The foundations of legal constructivism / Enrique Cáceres Nieto. Part V: New theoretical approaches -- On the concept of the concept of law / Pierluigi Chiassoni -- Scope and limits of general and descriptive legal theories / Juan B. Etcheverry -- Method matters : non-normative jurisprudence and the re-mystification of the law / Margaret Martin -- Part II: Legal systems and their coercive power -- A positivist foundation of the legal system : popular sovereignty as a social convention or social rule / Antonia M. Waltermann -- On law and force / Massimo La Torre -- The good, the bad, and the puzzled : coercion and compliance / Lucas Miotto -- Part III: Law and morality -- Does Hart's Postcript provide a plausible path to inclusive legal positivism? / J.J. Moreso -- Law as an expression of adopted justice / Matti Ilmari Niemi -- Milgram and Hart on resisting oppressive regimes / Andrés Molina-Ochoa -- The concept of law in legal ethics : towards a new perspective / Andrea Romeo -- Part IV: Law, normativity, and practical reason -- Hard cases and legal validity : the internal moral significance of law / Sari Kisilevsky -- Between authority and interpretation : the scope of morality in Raz's account of law / Paula Gaido -- Not everything is normativity : a critique to Plunkett and Shapiro's account of general jurisprudence / Pau Luque and Ismael Martínez Torres -- Part V: New theoretical approaches -- Law's virtual empires : game analogies and the concept of law / Jason Grant Allen -- The foundations of legal constructivism / Enrique Cáceres Nieto.
Summary:
"Provides an overview of the cutting-edge work developments about the concept of law and the methodology of conceptual jurisprudence, offering a roadmap of the central debates in the field. Contains all-new essays by emerging and established scholars from a range of backgrounds discussing the fundamental issues of conceptual jurisprudence. Challenges well-established substantive and methodological theses of conceptual jurisprudence, suggesting new avenues for future work"--Provided by Publisher.
Series:
Law and philosophy library, 1572-4395 ; volume 137
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