Morality and the Nature of Law

by Kenneth Einar Himma

Morality and the Nature of Law explores the conceptual relationship between morality and the criteria that determine what counts as law in a given society--the criteria of legal validity. Is it necessary condition for a legal system to include moral criteria of legal validity? Is it even possible for a legal system to have moral criteria of legal validity?

The book considers the views of natural law theorists ranging from Blackstone to Dworkin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198723474
• ISBN13: 9780198723479
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"