Positive Law and Objective Values

Andrei Marmor

ISBN 10: 0198268971 / ISBN 13: 9780198268970

Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 2001

About this Item

This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. On the basis of a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, the book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. The book also maintains, however, that moral values are objective. It comprises a detailed analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and of moral values, are metaphysically objective.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Positive Law and Objective Values
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198268971
• ISBN 13: 9780198268970
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 23.4W x 15.6H x 1.27D centimeters 23.4 centimeters width by 15.6 centimeters height by 1.27 centimeters depth
• Weight: 432 grams

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Synopsis

Using a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, this book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. Marmor argues that law is founded on constructive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. He also provides an analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and of moral values, are metaphysically objective.

About the Author

Andrei Marmor is Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre, Hertzlia, Israel and Long-Term Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School