Overview
- It is a general account of the concept of law from an analytically and sociologically oriented philosophical perspective A fresh and comprehensive restatement of an institutional theory of law
- An attempt of reconnecting political theory, legal theory, and moral philosophy within the framework of a general theory of meaning A reconstruction of the concepts of political power by the use of post-positivist theory of meaning, old and new legal institutionalism, and discourse theory
Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 90)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Law and Power
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Language, Norms, Institutions
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Meaning and Values
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Epilogue
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Law as Institution
Authors: Massimo La Torre
Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6607-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6606-1Published: 02 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3312-1Published: 06 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6607-8Published: 13 August 2010
Series ISSN: 1572-4395
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 274
Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy