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Reason, Democracy, Society

A Treatise on the Basis of Legal Thinking

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Sebastian Urbina

    1. University of Balearic Island, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 25)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-5
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  2. Introduction

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 6-24

  3. Which Positivism?

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 25-49

  4. Analysis and Ideology

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 50-63

  5. On Legal Rationality

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 64-81

  6. Legal Reasoning and Formal Criteria of Recognition

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 82-134

  7. The Latest Buchanan; Efficiency and Ethics

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 135-153

  8. Are Human Rights Universal?

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 154-171

  9. Survival, Happiness, Ethics

    • Sebastian Urbina
    Pages 172-195

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 196-245
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About this book

Reason, Democracy, Society deals with basic points of legal theory and philosophy of law. The main contention of the book relates to the insufficiencies of the legal positivistic approach. Some of its claims are that we must sharply separate what the law is from, what the law ought to be, and that we can know what the law is without appealing to meta-legal considerations. These and other claims are criticized. The author shows that with the legal positivistic approach we cannot know, in all cases, what the law is, if that is equated to the rules posited by the legislator. He also challenges H.L.A. Hart's and MacCormick's points of view, amongst others, about the characteristic corner stones of legal positivism. Some other issues relate to human rights, legal rationality and efficiency and ethics. This book will be of interest to philosophers concerned with law or ethics, those concerned with justice in modern society and to jurists and law students.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Balearic Island, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Sebastian Urbina

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reason, Democracy, Society

  • Book Subtitle: A Treatise on the Basis of Legal Thinking

  • Authors: Sebastian Urbina

  • Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2846-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4262-5Published: 30 September 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4759-5Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2846-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4395

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 246

  • Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Ethics, Philosophy of Law

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