Law and justice in community /

This title refutes modern, positivist theories of the nature of law and argues that law exists in all human communities before it is formally expressed. Drawing on anthropology and classical theory, the theory offered will be of interest to students of philosophy, anthropology, and the sociological...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barden, Garrett
Other Authors: Murphy, Tim, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Grey Goose
  • The origins of civil society and the function of law
  • Justice, ownership, and law
  • Natural justice and conventional justice
  • Justice and the trading order
  • Adjudication and interpretation
  • Morality, law, and legislation
  • Natural law
  • Rights
  • The force of law
  • The authority and legitimacy of law
  • Conclusion.