Overview
- 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)
Keywords
- Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Aristotle
- Austin
- Calvinism
- Constitutional Law
- Criticism of Political Liberalism
- Deontological Ethics Versus Utilitarianism
- Dworkin
- Enlightenment Through Science
- Enlightenment ofCriminalLaw
- Greek Philosophy
- Hart
- Hobbes
- Human Rights
- Linguistic Philosophy
- Locke
- Montesquieu
- Neo-Marxism
- Nietzsche
- Plato
- Political Philosophy and Legal Philosophy
- Rawls’s Theory of Justice
- Scepticism and Relativism
- Spinoza
- The Enlightenment
- The Philosophy of Ordinary Language
- The Sophists
- TheNatural-LawDoctrine
- Theory of Knowledge: Synthesis of Empiricism
- Thomas Aquinas
- Welfare State
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Law, Order and Freedom
Book Subtitle: A Historical Introduction to Legal Philosophy
Editors: C.W. Maris, F.C.L.M. Jacobs
Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1457-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1456-4Published: 10 September 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5569-7Published: 20 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1457-1Published: 08 September 2011
Series ISSN: 1572-4395
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 388
Topics: Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Political Philosophy