The Value and Purpose of Law

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The Value and Purpose of Law

Essays in Honor of M.N.S. Sellers

Kassner, Joshua (ed.); Starger, Colin (ed.)
from the series Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie – Beihefte, volume 160
Published by Franz Steiner Verlag, 2019

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Abstract

This e-book reveals and discusses the foundations of law and justice. Fifteen leading lawyers and philosophers of law, representing thirteen nations and fifteen different philosophical schools examine the value and purpose of law, and the nature and requirements of law and justice. Some of the world's most learned and provocative legal scholars address the ultimate questions of legal and social philosophy from all angles and the broadest possible perspective, with special reference to the work of Mortimer Newlin Stead Sellers, and the republican, liberal, and analytical schools of legal thought.

The conclusions reached here are not fully unanimous, congruent or conclusive, but they represent the pinnacle of legal scholarship as it exists today and furnish the necessary basis for any future study of law, justice, or the ultimate requirements of just, effective and legitimate law and society.

Author information

Joshua Kassner (ed.) 
Joshua Kassner is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Baltimore.

Colin Starger (ed.) 
Colin Starger is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Keywords

Legal theory | Nature of law | Philosophy of Law | Purpose of law | Value of law

Details

The Value and Purpose of Law

Franz Steiner Verlag

262 Pages

ISBN 978-3-515-12460-7 (Print)

ISBN 978-3-515-12462-1 (eBook)

Copyright year: 2019

First published: 27.09.2019

https://doi.org/10.25162/9783515124621

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Content (20 Chapter)

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    Inhaltsverzeichnis / Table of Contents
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    Contributors
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    Ronald Weich: Foreword
  4. Chapter

    Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications Mortimer Newlin Stead Sellers
  5. Chapter

    Joshua Kassner / Colin Starger: Introduction
  6. Chapter

    Richard Bett: The Nature and Purpose of Law in Early Greek Thought
  7. Chapter

    Sanne Taekema: Conversations about the Rule of Law. The Public Interest and Law’s Ideals
  8. Chapter

    Joshua Kassner: An Essay in Defense of a Republican Understanding of the Relationship between Liberty and Law
  9. Chapter

    Marcelo Campos Galuppo: Law and Emotion. How Empathy Forms Judges’ Sense of Justice
  10. Chapter

    Andrés Botero-Bernal: A Short History of the Idea of National Law. The Exception Becomes the Rule
  11. Chapter

    Véronique Champeil-Desplats: Contemporary States of Exception and Rule of Law General considerations from the French State of Emergency November 14th, 2015–November 1st, 2017
  12. Chapter

    Marijan Pavčnik: Questioning the Moral Understanding of Law
  13. Chapter

    Ricardo Guibourg: On the Nature and Purpose of Law. What Is It That We Study When We Study Law?
  14. Chapter

    Leslie Francis: How Should a Feminist Think about Legal Positivism?
  15. Chapter

    Stephan Kirste: Law as Transformation
  16. Chapter

    Gülriz Uygur: Law and Injustice in Times of Crisis
  17. Chapter

    Matthias Mahlmann: Constitutionalism and the Idea of Law
  18. Chapter

    João Maurício Adeodato: The "Nature" of Law in a Realistic and Rhetorical Philosophy
  19. Chapter

    Pierluigi Chiassoni: Law as Language and Interpretation
  20. Chapter

    Mortimer Newlin Stead Sellers: Some Thoughts on the Value and Purpose of Law