What Makes Law

by Liam Murphy, Liam Murphy, Liam Murphy

Book Overview

This book offers an advanced introduction to central questions in legal philosophy. What factors determine the content of the law in force? What makes a normative system a legal system? How does law beyond the state differ from domestic law? What kind of moral force does law have? The most important existing views are introduced, but the aim is not to survey the existing literature. Rather, this book introduces the subject by stepping back from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542197
• ISBN13: 9780521542197
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"