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Law, Order and Freedom

A Historical Introduction to Legal Philosophy

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. C.W. Maris

    1. , Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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  2. F.C.L.M. Jacobs

    1. Amstelveen, Netherlands

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  • The most comprehensive account of legal philosophy available
  • The only book in English that explains legal philosophy within the broader context of philosophy
  • The only book to provide an overview of the development of legal philosophy using law, order and freedom as its theme

Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 94)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Legal Philosophy: The Most Important Controversies

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 1-41

  3. Antiquity and the Middle Ages

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 43-90

  4. The Commencement of the Modern Age

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 91-110

  5. Hobbes, Locke, and Spinoza

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 111-138

  6. Eighteenth-Century French Enlightenment

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 139-168

  7. The Synthesis of Kant

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 169-194

  8. Nineteenth Century

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 195-259

  9. Twentieth Century: 1900–1945

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 261-309

  10. Twentieth Century: 1945–2000

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 311-352

  11. Conclusion: Law, Order and Freedom

    • Cees Maris, Frans Jacobs
    Pages 353-378

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 379-388
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About this book

The central question in legal philosophy is the relationship between law and morality. The legal systems of many countries around the world have been influenced by the principles of the Enlightenment: freedom, equality and fraternity. The position is similar in relation to the accompanying state ideal of the democratic constitutional state as well as the notion of a welfare state. The foundation of these principles lies in the ideal of individual autonomy. The law must in this view guarantee a social order which secures the equal freedom of all. This freedom is moreover fundamental because in modern pluralistic societies a great diversity of views exist concerning the appropriate way of life. This freedom ideal is however also strongly contested. In Law, Order and Freedom, a historical overview is given pertaining to the question of the extent to which the modern Enlightenment values can serve as the universal foundation of law and society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    C.W. Maris

  • Amstelveen, Netherlands

    F.C.L.M. Jacobs

About the editors

Cees Maris is professor of legal philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He is the editor of several journals in the fields of jurisprudence and philosophy. His main fields of research are the concept of liberty and its practical applications, multiculturalism, love, art, law and literature, and epistemology. Among his publications are A Critique of the Empiricist Explanation of Morality; Letters on Liberty; and Twelve Loves. He also wrote and brought on the stage the philosophical oratorio Horror Vacui (in cooperation with the composer José-Luis Greco) and the philosophical dialogue The Dance of Zarathustra.

Frans Jacobs is professor (emeritus) of philosophical ethics at the University van Amsterdam. His publications concern philosophers such as Aristotle, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, Mill, Habermas, Nozick and Nussbaum, and cover the themes of liberalism, paternalism, egalitarianism and nationalism, as well as toleration, civilized revenge, the meaning of life, the Homeric heroes, the difference between love and war, emotions in general and moral emotions in particular. His most recent book is A Philosophy of Emotions and Desires.

Jacques de Ville is professor of law at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His main fields of research are constitutional theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis. His publications include Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation; Judicial Review of Administrative Action in South Africa; and the forthcoming Jacques Derrida: Law as Absolute Hospitality.

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