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Legality (Paperback)
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Legality (Paperback)
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Loot Price R594
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What is law? This question has preoccupied philosophers from Plato
to Thomas Hobbes to H. L. A. Hart. Yet many others find it
perplexing. How could we possibly know how to answer such an
abstract question? And what would be the point of doing so? In
Legality, Scott Shapiro argues that the question is not only
meaningful but vitally important. In fact, many of the most
pressing puzzles that lawyers confront-including who has legal
authority over us and how we should interpret constitutions,
statutes, and cases-will remain elusive until this grand
philosophical question is resolved. Shapiro draws on recent work in
the philosophy of action to develop an original and compelling
answer to this age-old question. Breaking with a long tradition in
jurisprudence, he argues that the law cannot be understood simply
in terms of rules. Legal systems are best understood as highly
complex and sophisticated tools for creating and applying plans.
Shifting the focus of jurisprudence in this way-from rules to
plans-not only resolves many of the most vexing puzzles about the
nature of law but has profound implications for legal practice as
well. Written in clear, jargon-free language, and presupposing no
legal or philosophical background, Legality is both a
groundbreaking new theory of law and an excellent introduction to
and defense of classical jurisprudence.
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