Shapiro, Scott.

Legality [electronic resource] / Scott J. Shapiro. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2011. - 472 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is law (and why should we care)? -- Crazy little thing called "law" -- Austin's sanction theory -- Hart and the rule of recognition -- How to do things with plans -- The making of a legal system -- What law is -- Legal reasoning and judicial decision making -- Hard cases -- Theoretical disagreements -- Dworkin and distrust -- The economy of trust -- The interpretation of plans -- The value of legality.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.
Legal positivism.


Electronic books.

K230.S525 / L44 2011eb

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