The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Law

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Andrei Marmor
Routledge, Apr 27, 2012 - Philosophy - 656 pages

The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Law provides a comprehensive, non-technical philosophical treatment of the fundamental questions about the nature of law. Its coverage includes law’s relation to morality and the moral obligations to obey the law, the main philosophical debates about particular legal areas such as criminal responsibility, property, contracts, family law, law and justice in the international domain, legal paternalism and the rule of law.

The entirely new content has been written specifically for newcomers to the field, making the volume particularly useful for undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy of law and related areas. All 39 chapters, written by the world’s leading researchers and edited by an internationally distinguished scholar, bring a focused, philosophical perspective to their subjects. The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Law promises to be a valuable and much consulted student resource for many years.

 

Contents

Part II Legal Reasoning
93
Part III Theories of Legal Areas
137
Part IV Law as a Coercive Order
449
Part V Moral Obligations to Law
508
Part VI Rights and Equality
554
Index
618
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Andrei Marmor is Professor of Philosophy and Maurice Jones Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Southern California.

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