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The Concept of Ideals in Legal Theory

The Concept of Ideals in Legal Theory

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Series: Law and Philosophy Library, Book 63

PhilosophyGeneral Law

ISBN10: 9048184754
ISBN13: 9789048184750
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 28 2010
Pages: 253
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Talk about law often includes reference to ideals of justice, equality or freedom. But what do we refer to when we speak about ideals in the context of law? This book explores the concept of ideals by combining an investigation of different theories of ideals with a discussion of the role of ideals in law. A comparison of the theories of Gustav Radbruch and Philip Selznick leads up to a pragmatist theory of legal ideals, which provides an interesting new position in the debate about values in law between legal positivists and natural law thinkers. Attention for law's central ideals enables us to understand law's autonomous character, while at the same time tracing its connection to societal values.

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