Law as a leap of faith : essays on law in general /

"How do laws resemble rules of games, moral rules, personal rules, rules found in religious teachings, school rules, and so on? Are laws rules at all? Are they all made by human beings? And if so how should we go about interpreting them? How are they organized into systems, and what does it mea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gardner, John, 1965-2019 (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Law > Philosophy. Jurisprudence. Jurisprudence Law, Politics & Government. Law, General & Comparative. Droit. law (discipline) LAW. Ethics & Moral Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY. Law > Philosophy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Law as a leap of faith
Legal positivism : 5 1/2 myths
Some types of law
Can there be a written constitution?
How law claims, what law claims
Nearly natural law
The legality of law
The supposed formality of the rule of law
Hart on legality, justice, and morality
The virtue of justice and the character of law
Law in general.