In the philosophy of law there has been a proliferation of advanced work in the last thirty years on the normativity of law.
Recent theories explore law's character as a special kind of convention, shared cooperative activity, and social artifact, among other perspectives, to explain the precise way in which law provides subjects with reasons for action.
Yet, for all their sophistication, such accounts fail to deliver on their promise, which is to establish how law creates more than just legal reasons for action.
This Element aims to survey these views and others, situate them in a broader context of theories about the nature of law, and subsequently suggest a path forward based on the methodological continuity between analytical, evaluative, and empirical approaches to law's normativity.
By:
Michael Giudice (York University) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Weight: 127g ISBN:9781009209830 ISBN 10: 1009209833 Series:Elements in Philosophy of Law Pages: 78 Publication Date:19 December 2024 Audience:
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