The Legal Relation: Legal Theory After Legal Positivism

ISBN-13: 9781316648001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 220 str.

Alexander Somek

Opis

This book offers a conceptual reconstruction of the legal relation on the basis of a critique of legal positivism.

Recenzje

'With this bold and provocative book, Somek brilliantly reimagines legal positivism. Every legal philosopher must read this book. The argument is imaginative, penetrating, and ultimately convincing.' Dennis Patterson, Board of Governors Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, Camden, New Jersey

Spis treści

Introduction. The pursuit of theory; 1. Late legal positivism; 2. Legality and irony; 3. Legal science and the common law; 4. The legal relation; 5. Equality, freedom and dignity; 6. The quest for agency.