The Argument from Injustice: A Reply to Legal Positivism (Law)

by RobertAlexy (Author), StanleyL.Paulson (Translator), Bonnie L . Paulson (Translator)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $185.41

  The legal positivist explicates the concept of law independently of morality. The author challenges this view, arguing that there are, first, conceptually necessary connections between law and morality and, second, normative reasons for including moral elements in the concept of law.

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  Paperback
  2009

  $32.92

  Alexy confronts the legal positivist view in this classic work of legal philosophy. He formulates an accessible concept of law that systematically links classical elements of legal positivism with nonpositivistic legal theory, challenging the prevailing orthodoxies of modern jurisprudence.