Title: The dynamics of law and morality : a pluralist account of legal interactionism /
Authors: Burg, Wibren van der
Year: 2014
Subjects: Law Moral and ethical aspects.; Law and ethics.; Legal polycentricity; Gesetzeskonkurrenz; Rechtsethik; Law and ethics; Law Moral and ethical aspects.; Legal polycentricity
Abstract: This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law. Taking as its starting point the debates and mutual misunderstandings between proponents of different philosophical traditions, it argues that this theoretical pluralism is better explained once law is accepted as an essentially ambiguous concept. Continuing on, the book develops a robust theory of law that increases our grasp on global legal pluralism and the dynamics of law. This theory of legal interactionism, inspired by the work of Lon Fuller and Philip Selznick, also helps us to understand apparent anomalies of modern law, such as international law, the law of the European Convention on Human Rights and horizontal interactive legislation. In an ecumenical approach, legal interactionism does justice to the valuable core of truth in natural law and legal positivism.--
Contents: Two basic models of law and morality -- Essentially ambiguous concepts -- The debate between Fuller, Hart, and Dworkin -- The relations between law and morality -- A pluralist framework -- What is Legal Interactionism? -- Understanding the dynamics of law -- Three apparent anomalies in modern law -- The necessary and contingent relationship between law and morality.