Legality

Author(s)

• Shapiro, Scott

Bibliographic Information

Legality

Scott J. Shapiro

Harvard University Press, 2011

• [pbk.]

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-447) and index

Contents of Works

• What is law (and why should we care)?
• Crazy little thing called "law"
• Austin's sanction theory
• Hart and the rule of recognition
• How to do things with plans
• The making of a legal system
• What law is
• Legal reasoning and judicial decision making
• Hard cases
• Theoretical disagreements
• Dworkin and distrust
• The economy of trust
• The interpretation of plans
• The value of legality

Details

• NCID: BB04683460
• ISBN:
  • 9780674055667
  • 9780674725782
• LCCN: 2010018677
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 472 p.
• Size: 23-25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K230.S525
  • DC22 : 340/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jurisprudence
  • LCSH : Law -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Legal positivism