Law as Institution

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: La Torre, Massimo (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Law and Philosophy Library, 90
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Political science.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Political philosophy.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Philosophy of Law.; Political Philosophy.

The book’s argument moves from discussing the relation between law and power. Theories defending the primacy of law over power are played against doctrines which center around the prevailing role of law. Legal positivism and natural law are here the real issue at stake. Constitutionalism and the rul...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• PART ONE, LAW AND POWER
• Chapter One, Two Opposing Conceptions
• 1. Preliminary
• 2. The law as expression of power. "Analytical jurisprudence" and legal positivism
• 3. The supremacy of the law. Natural law, constitutionalism, the rule of law
• 4. Power as expression of law. Léon Michoud and Hugo Krabbe
• Chapter Two, The Normativist Solution
• 1. Preliminary
• 2. Power conceived of as Law. Hans Kelsen
• 3. Law, Command, Norm
• 4. Normative order, political power, dominion
• 5. Autonomy, Heteronomy, Ideology
• PART TWO, LANGUAGE , NORMS, INSTITUTIONS
• Chapter Three, Meaning and Norm
• 1. Preliminary
• 2. Theories of meaning
• 3. Objections to the verificationist theory
• 4. Objections to the theory of "representation" and to the psychological conception
• 5. Objections to the behaviourist theory
• 6. Theories of the norm and theories of validity
• 7. An "institutionalist" theory of language
• 8. The concept of law. Initial conclusions
• Chapter Four, Law as Institution
• 1. Preliminary
• 2. Santi Romano's theory of law
• 3. Old and new Institutionalism. Santi Romano compared with Neil MacCormick and Ota Weinberger
• 4. The concept of "institution"
• a proposal. 5. The binding force and mandatoriness of norms
• 6. Institution and intentionality. The problem of the social identity of subjects
• 7. The specific nature of legal norms
• Chaper Five, Law and Power
• 1. Preliminary
• 2. The sociological tradition. Two models
• 3. From Hauriou to Weinberger
• 4. Law as "culture"
• 5. Power and rule
• PART THREE, MEANING AND VALUES
• Chapter Six, Meaning and Value Judgements
• 1. Preliminary 2. Theories of meaning once more
• 3. Two Contrasting Views: Bertrand Russell and John L. Austin
• 4. Meta-ethical implications
• Chapter Seven, Value Judgements and Justification
• 1. Preliminary. "Revelationist" meta-ethics
• 2. Naturalism, utilitarianism, intuitionism
• 3. Emotivism and prescriptivism
• 4. Universalizability of moral judgements. Linguistic community and discourse theory
• 5. Noncognitivism and critical morality
• 6. The legal and the moral domain. Initial conclusions
• CONCLUSIONS
• Chapter Eight, Law and morality
• 1. What is at stake
• 2. Definitions and distinctions
• 3. The concept of law
• 5. Connections between law and morality
• 6. Separation of law and morality
• 7. "Definitional" and "derivative" formulations 8. Epilogue.