Philosophy of Law: The Fundamentals

Philosophy of Law: The Fundamentals
ISBN-10
1405129603
ISBN-13
9781405129602
Series
Philosophy of Law
Category
Philosophy
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
2006-08-11
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Author
Mark C. Murphy

Description

The Philosophy of Law is a broad-reaching text that guides readers through the basic analytical and normative issues in the field, highlighting key historical and contemporary thinkers and offering a unified treatment of the various issues in the philosophy of law. Enlivened with numerous, everyday examples to illustrate various concepts of law. Employs the idea of three central commonplaces about law - that law is a social matter, that law is authoritative, and that law is for the common good - to organize seemingly disparate topics and to bring rival views into contention with each other. The first volume in the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, in which leading philosophers explore the fundamental issues and core problems in the major sub-disciplines of philosophy.

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