Justifying Judgment: Practicing Law and Philosophy

by Vincent J. Samar

Many people submit to the law simply because they believe that the institutions administering it are just. But what if a law itself is unjust? The duty to obey law presupposes that laws are both consistent and just; because they aren't always, appeals to a higher political morality are sometimes necessary if justice is to be served. Justifying Judgment reconsiders the relationship between legal and political philosophy to show that the former is incomplete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608540
• ISBN13: 9780700608546
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"