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Moral Aspects of Legal Theory

Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility

by David Lyons

  • Paperback
  • 236 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.8 x 1.9 cm

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David Lyons is one of the pre-eminent philosophers of law active in the United States. This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. The underlying theme of the book is that a system of law has only a tenuous connection with morality and justice. Contrary to those legal theorists who maintain that no matter how bad the law of a community might be, strict conformity to existing law automatically dispenses 'formal' justice, Professor Lyons contends that the law must earn the respect that it demands. Moreover, we cannot, as some would suggest, interpret law in a value-neutral manner. Rather courts should interpret statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional provisions in terms of values that would justify those laws. In this way officials can promote the justifiability of what they do to people in the name of law, and can help the law live up to its moral pretensions.
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  • Author

    David Lyons

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 1993

  • Weight

    355g

  • Page Count

    236

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.8 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521438353

  • ISBN-10

    0521438357

  • Eden Code

    4575092

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