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Kramer Mathew H

Where law and morality meet - Oxford Oxford University Press 2008 - 301p

Contents:
Introduction 1;
PART I WHERE LAW AND MORALITY MEET: LEGAL POSITIVISM AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF LEGAL NORMS;
1 How Moral Principles can Enter into the Law 17;
2 Throwing Light on the Role of Moral Principles in the Law: Further Reflections 45;
3 On Morality as a Necessary or Sufficient Condition for Legality 76;
4 Of Final Things: Morality as one of the Ultimate Determinants of Legal Validity 103;
PART II WHERE LAW AND MORALITY DIVERGE: LEGAL POSITIVISM REAFFIRMED;
5 Legal Positivism Defended 143;
6 On the Moral Status of the Rule of Law 172;
7 On the Separability of Law and Morality 223;
PART III FROM LEGAL PHILOSOPHY TO MORAL PHILOSOPHY: AFFINITIES BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY;
8 Moral Rights and the Limits of the ‘Ought’-Implies-‘Can’ Principle: Why Impeccable Precautions are No Excuse 249;
Index 295.


ISBN: 9780199546138

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1.Law & Ethics

Dewey Class. No.: 340.112000 / KRA