Natural law in jurisprudence and politics

Natural law is a perennial though poorly represented and understood issue in political philosophy and the philosophy of law. Mark C. Murphy argues that the central thesis of natural law jurisprudence--that law is backed by decisive reasons for compliance--sets the agenda for natural law political ph...

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Main Author: Murphy, Mark C. (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2006
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
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Table of Contents:
  • Natural law jurisprudence formulated
  • Natural law jurisprudence defended
  • The common good
  • The natural law rejection of consent theory
  • A consent theory of the authority of law
  • The authority of law and legal punishment
  • Beneath and beyond the common good.