Between authority and interpretation
Subtitle: on the theory of law and practical reason
By: Joseph Raz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780199562688
Subjects: Philosophy; Law; Authority; Practical reason
Description: Joseph Raz develops his work on some central questions in practical philosophy: legal, political and moral. This text provides an overview of Raz's views on the methodology of jurisprudence; on the nature of law and its relation to morality; on the justification of authority; and interpretation in law and the humanities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Can there be a theory of law?; title: Two views of the nature of the theory of law : a partial comparison; title: On the nature of law; title: The problem of authority : revisiting the service conception; title: About morality and the nature of law; title: Incorporation by law; title: Reasoning with rules; title: Why interpret?; title: Interpretation without retrieval; title: Intention in interpretation; title: Interpretation : pluralism and innovation; title: On the authority and interpretation of constitutions : some preliminaries; title: Postema on law's autonomy and public practical reasons : a critical comment.