An Institutional Theory of Law: New Approaches to Legal PositivismSpringer Science & Business Media, 2013 M04 17 - 229 pages |
Contents
LAW AS INSTITUTIONAL FACT | 20 |
6 | 28 |
The Special Nature of Norms as ThoughtObjects | 35 |
The Legal Order in the Perspective of Thought and | 41 |
Notes | 47 |
CHAPTER IVON ANALYTICAL JURISPRUDENCE | 93 |
The Problematic Character of Brute Facts | 101 |
Notes | 107 |
Principles of Justice as Determinants of Conduct | 153 |
Claims of Justice in the Context of DecisionMaking | 159 |
The Dialectical Character of Practical Reasoning | 167 |
The Theory of Institutional Morality | 173 |
Positivistic Presuppositions of Institutional Morality | 179 |
Notes | 186 |
THE LIMITS OF RATIONALITY IN LEGAL | 189 |
THE CONDITIO HUMANA AND THE IDEAL | 207 |
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An Institutional Theory of Law: New Approaches to Legal Positivism N. MacCormick,Ota Weinberger No preview available - 2010 |
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