Law : metaphysics, meaning, and objectivity /

Papers in philosophy of law by some of the younger cutting-edge contributors to the field. Two sets of issues of crucial current importance are taken up. The first part deals with issues of meaning and objectivity in the metaphysics of law. The second part is about rights theory. This volume will be...

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Corporate Author: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas.

Other Authors: Villanueva, Enrique.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: [Mexico City (Mexico)] : Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas ; Rodopi, 2007.

Series: Rodopi Philosophical Studies 8.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: K240 .L39 2007eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Interpretivist Theories of Law /
  • Nicos Stavropoulos
  • How Facts Make Law /
  • Mark Greenberg
  • On the Normative Significance of Brute Facts /
  • Ram Neta
  • On Practices and the Law /
  • Mark Greenberg
  • Supervenience, Value, and Legal Content /
  • Enrique Villanueva
  • Reasons Without Values? /
  • Mark Greenberg
  • Theory, Practice and Ubiquitous Interpretation: The Basics /
  • Martin Stone
  • Law as a Reflective Practice /
  • Scott Hershovitz
  • On Reflective Practices and 'Substituting for God' /
  • Martin Stone
  • Metasemantics and Objectivity /
  • Ori Simchen
  • Can Objectivity be Grounded in Semantics? /
  • Michael S. Moore
  • A Hybrid Theory of Claim-Rights /
  • Gopal Sreenivasan
  • Is the Will Theory of Rights Superseded by the Hybrid Theory? /
  • Horacio Spector
  • In Defence of the Hybrid Theory /
  • Gopal Sreenivasan.