It is best received, I think, as a study in the psychology of law – one that takes claims about law as such ... and fills in any lacunae with reference to empirical observations about human nature, our particular psychologies, and about law as we see and experience it — and it gets a lot right.
Kenneth Einar Himma is Continuing Guest Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb. He has taught at the University of Washington in the Philosophy Department, Information School, and the School of Law, as well as in the Philosophy Department at Seattle Pacific University. He has published widely in philosophy of law, philosophy of religion, and information ethics.