The Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism
Part of Cambridge Companions to Law
- Editors:
- Torben Spaak, Stockholms Universitet
- Patricia Mindus, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
- Date Published: February 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108447010
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Legal positivism is one of the fundamental theories of jurisprudence studied in law and related fields around the world. This volume addresses how legal positivism is perceived and makes the case for why it is relevant for contemporary legal theory. The Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism offers thirty-three chapters from leading scholars that provide a comprehensive commentary on the fundamental ideas of legal positivism, its history and major theorists, its connection to normativity and values, its current development and influence, as well as on the criticisms moved against it.
Read more- Provides a comprehensive look at legal positivism, one of the fundamental topics of jurisprudence
- Brings together a group of elite legal scholar to provide commentary on a wide variety of topics
- Demonstrates how legal positivism is still a relevant field of legal theory
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'This excellent addition to the 'Cambridge Companions to Law' series [...] plays a critical role in grounding legal positivism within current trends and reaffirming its continued relevance ... Under the keen editorial guidance of Spaak (Stockholm Univ.) and Mindus (Uppsala Univ.), the logical organization, caliber of contributors, and emphasis on demonstrating the current relevance of legal positivism all come together to make this an essential volume for both students and scholars.' L. A. Wilkinson, Choice
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- Date Published: February 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108447010
- length: 600 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 42 mm
- weight: 1.16kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Torben Spaak and Patricia Mindus
Part I. Fundamentals:
2. Positivism, Realism, and Sources of Law Leslie Green
3. Normative Legal Positivism Frederick Schauer
4. Legal Positivism as a Realist Theory of Law Brian Leiter
Part II. History:
5. The German Tradition of Legal Positivism Stephan Kirste
6. The French Tradition of Legal Positivism Michel Troper
7. The Italian Tradition of Legal Positivism Ricardo Guastini
8. The British Tradition of Legal Positivism Gerald J. Postema
Part III. Central Figures:
9. Jeremy Bentham and the Origins of Legal Positivism Philip Schofield
10. John Austin Michael Lobban
11. The Normative Power of the Factual – Georg Jellinek's Phenomenological Theory of Reflective Legal Positivism Jens Kersten
12. Hans Kelsen's Non-Reductive Positivism Michael S. Green
13. The Legal Positivism of H. L. A. Hart Matthew Kramer
14. From Savigny to Linguistic Analysis: Legal Positivism through Bobbio's Eyes Pierluigi Chiassoni
15. Joseph Raz's Approach to Legal Positivism Brian Bix
16. Bulygin's Analytical Legal Positivism María Cristina Redondo
Part IV. Main Tenets:
17. Social-Practice Legal Positivism and the Normativity Thesis Stefano Bertea
18. Social Facts and Legal Facts: Perils of Hume's Guillotine Tomasz Gizbert-Studnicki
19. The Scope of Legal Positivism: Validity and Interpretation? Torben Spaak
20. What Is Law and What Counts as Law? The Separation Thesis in Context Andrei Marmor
21. The Origins of Inclusive Legal Positivism W. J. Waluchow
22. Disruptive Implications of Legal Positivism's Social Efficacy Thesis Brian Z. Tamanaha
23. The Semantic Thesis in Legal Positivism Michael S. Green
Part V. Normativity and Values:
24. Legal Positivism and Metaethics Kevin Toh
25. The Normativity of Law Brian Bix
26. An Italian Path to Legal Positivism: Ferrajoli's Garantismo J.J. Moreso
Part VI. Critique:
27. Gustav Radbruch's Critique of Legal Positivism Martin Borowski
28. Good Order and Workable Arrangements: Lon Fuller's Critique of Legal Positivism Kenneth Winston
29. Dworkin's Criticism of Hart's Positivism Dennis Patterson
30. Tracing Finnis's Criticism of Hart's Internal Point of View: Instability and the 'Point' of Human Action in Law Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco
31. Alexy's Critique of Legal Positivism Jan Sieckmann
32. Mark Greenberg on Legal Positivism Barbara Levenbook
33. Positivism and Totalitarianism David Dyzenhaus.
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