Philosophy of Law: The Fundamentals

The Philosophy of Law is a broad-reaching text that guides readers through the basic analytical and normative issues in the field, highlighting key historical and contemporary thinkers and offering a unified treatment of the various issues in the philosophy of law.

• Enlivened with numerous, everyday examples to illustrate various concepts of law.
• Employs the idea of three central commonplaces about law - that law is a social matter, that law is authoritative, and that law is for the common ...