Critical legal positivism
By: Kaarlo Tuori.
Series: [Applied legal philosophy]
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Legal positivism; Critical theory
Description: "This treatise develops a critical version of legal positivism as the basis for modern legal scholarship. Departing from the formalism of Hart and Kelsen and blending the European tradition of Weber, Habermas and Foucalt with the Anglo-American contributions of Dworkin and MacCormick, Tuori presents the normative and practical faces of law as a multilayered phenomenon within which there is an important role for critical legal dogmatics in furthering law's self-understanding and coherence. Its themes also resonate with importance for the development of the European legal system."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references ([p. 323]-337) and index.