Legality [electronic resource] / Scott J. Shapiro.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2011.Description: 472 pISBN:- 9780674055667 (alk. paper)
- 9780674058910 (e-book)
- 340/.1 22
- K230.S525 L44 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is law (and why should we care)? -- Crazy little thing called "law" -- Austin's sanction theory -- Hart and the rule of recognition -- How to do things with plans -- The making of a legal system -- What law is -- Legal reasoning and judicial decision making -- Hard cases -- Theoretical disagreements -- Dworkin and distrust -- The economy of trust -- The interpretation of plans -- The value of legality.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.