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Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and the Effective Rule of Law
The rule of law, representation rethought: on trustees, delegates, and gyroscopes in the study of political representation and democracy, formal and substantive conceptions of the rule of law: an analytical framework, purposive interpretation in law, related papers (5), the concept of law, law's empire, natural law and natural rights, taking rights seriously, the morality of freedom.
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Three theses with clear implications concerning the relation between law and morality have been defended in recent years: the sources thesis, the incorporation thesis, and the coherence thesis. This chapter defends the sources thesis against some common misunderstandings, and provides a reason for preferring it to the other two. The argument turns on the nature of authority, which is the subject of the first section. The second section shows the relevance of some of the implications of the analysis to the understanding of the law. Their relation with the three theses is then examined in the next three sections that follow. The last section concludes with some observations concerning the relations between legal theory, law, and morality.
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Abstract. This revised edition of one of the classic works of modern legal philosophy, first published in 1979, represents the author's contribution which has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality. The new edition includes two previously uncollected essays and a new introduction from ...
acting as the law requires; and that there is an obligation to obey the law if this claim of the law is justified. Part 2, " The Nature of Law and Natural Law," comprises an assortment of essays about different themes in legal theory. In essays 3 and 4, Raz provides a powerful defence of his versiog of legal positivism, of the claim
The authority of law : essays on law and morality by Raz, Joseph. Publication date 1979 Topics Law -- Philosophy, Legal positivism, Natural law, Law and ethics Publisher Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; inlibrary
This classic collection of essays, first published in 1979, has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality. Raz begins by presenting an analysis of the concept of authority and what is involved in law's claim to moral authority. He then develops a detailed explanation of the nature of law and legal systems, presenting a seminal argument ...
About Morality and the Nature of Law . By Joseph Raz . 1. On the necessary connection test . Two innocent truisms about the law lie behind much of the difficulty we have in understanding the relations between law and morality. The law can be valuable, but it can also be the source. 1. of much evil. Not everyone agrees to these truisms, and there is
Joseph Raz. Clarendon Press, 1979 - Law - 292 pages. This revised edition of one of the classic works of modern legal philosophy, first published in 1979, represents Raz's landmark contribution which has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality. The new edition includes two previously ...
Raz, Joseph, "Ethics in the Public Domain: Essays in the Morality of Law and Politics" (1994). Faculty Books. 289. In the past twenty years Joseph Raz has consolidated his reputation as one of the most acute, inventive, and energetic scholars currently at work in analytic moral and political theory. This new collection of essays forms a ...
Books. The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality. Joseph Raz. Clarendon Press, 1979 - Law - 292 pages. This book is concerned with the nature of law and its relation to morality, concentrating on the proper moral attitude of a citizen towards the law of his country. The author begins by presenting a new analysis of the concept of ...
Against the background of the moral and political views developed in the first part, the second part of the book explores various aspects of the dynamic interrelations between law and morality, offering some building blocks towards a theory of law. Keywords: moral duties, groups, belonging, successful activities, political implications, free ...
Raz's version of legal positivism thus incorporated the idea that norms are legally valid—i.e., part of the law—only in virtue of their social source. In that respect, Raz recast themes from the command tradition of the early modern period, in particular the idea that law is a system of norms that play a special role in the practical ...
Abstract. Joseph Raz's theory of authority has become influential among moral, political, and legal philosophers. This article will provide an overview and accessible explanation of the theory, guiding those coming to it for the first time as to its theoretical ambitions within the wider issues of authority, and through its intricacies.
The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality. 2nd Edition. This classic collection of essays, first published in 1979, has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality. Raz begins by presenting an analysis of the concept of authority and what is involved in law's claim to moral authority.
AUTHORITY, LAW AND MORALITY. AUTHORITY, LAW AND MORALITY1. H. L. A. Hart is heir and torch-bearer of a great tradition in the. philosophy of law which is realist and unromantic in outlook. It regards the existence and content of the law as a matter of social fact whose connection with moral or any other values is contingent and precarious.
(DOI: 10.2307/2184700) This book is concerned with the nature of law and its relation to morality, concentrating on the proper moral attitude of a citizen towards the law of his country. The author begins by presenting a new analysis of the concept of legitimate authority and then gives a detailed explanation of the legal positivist's approach to law. Within this framework the author examines ...
The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality. JOSEPH RAz. The Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, New York, 1979. Pp. ix, 292. $29.00. One of the major disputes between natural law theorists and legal positivists concerns the relationship between law and moral-ity. Adherents of natural law have argued that there are necessary
Joseph Raz conducted a litmus test by asking the question "Is there a necessary connection between law and morality?" which he quickly dismissed as it created a huge amount of confusion and resulted in no proper conclusion. He said that the idea of asking this very question is not important as it creates a bigger divide between the ...
PROMISES IN MORALITY AND LAW. PROMISES, MORALS, AND LAW. By P.S. Atiyah. 1 . Oxford: Clarendon Press. i981. Pp. 218. $29.95. Reviewed by Joseph Raz. 2. J.L. Austin thought that philosophers have much to learn from lawyers and the law. No doubt philosophers and lawyers have a lot to learn from each other wherever their interests intersect.
ABSTRACT. H. L. A. Hart is heir and torch-bearer of a great tradition in the philosophy of law which is realist and unromantic in outlook. It regards the existence and content of the law as a matter of social fact whose connection with moral or any other values is contingent and precarious. His analysis of the concept of law is part of the ...
The authority of law: essays on law and morality. Joseph Raz. New York: Oxford University Press (1979) Copy B IB T E X. Abstract Legitimate authority -- The claims of law -- Legal positivism and the sources of law -- Legal reasons, sources, and gaps -- The identity of legal systems -- The institutional nature of law -- Kelsen's theory of the ...
The second section shows the relevance of some of the implications of the analysis to the understanding of the law. Their relation with the three theses is then examined in the next three sections that follow. The last section concludes with some observations concerning the relations between legal theory, law, and morality.