Law as a moral idea [electronic resource] / N.E. Simmonds.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (x, 209 p.).ISBN: 9780191701597.Subject(s): Law and ethics | Jurisprudence | Law -- Moral and ethical aspects | LawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199552191DDC classification: 340.112 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Nigel Simmonds provides an original critique of legal positivism, arguing that the institutions of law, and the structures of legal thought, can only be understood by reference to a moral ideal - an ideal of freedom, or independence from the power of others.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Nigel Simmonds provides an original critique of legal positivism, arguing that the institutions of law, and the structures of legal thought, can only be understood by reference to a moral ideal - an ideal of freedom, or independence from the power of others.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.