Lon L. Fuller's account of what he termed 'the internal morality of law' is widely accepted as the classic 20th-century statement of the principles of the rule of law. What is much less accepted is his claim that a necessary connection between law and morality manifests in these principles. As a result, Fuller's jurisprudence continues to occupy a marginal place in a field dominated by H.L.A. Hart's legal positivism and Ronald Dworkin's interpretive theory of adjudication. Forms Liberate - now available in paperback - offers a close textual analysis of Fuller's published writings and working...
Lon L. Fuller's account of what he termed 'the internal morality of law' is widely accepted as the classic 20th-century statement of the principles of...