Law as Institution

• Main Author: La Torre, Massimo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 90
• Subjects: 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...