Skip to content

The Legal Relation: Legal Theory After Legal Positivism
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Legal Relation: Legal Theory After Legal Positivism Paperback - 2017

by Alexander Somek


From the publisher

What is law? The usual answer is that the law is a system of norms. But this answer gives us at best half of the story. The law is a way of relating to one another. We do not do this as lovers or friends and not as people who are interested in obtaining guidance from moral insight. In a legal context, we are cast as 'character masks' (Marx), for example, as 'buyer' and 'seller' or 'landlord' and 'tenant'. We expect to have our claims respected simply because the law has given us rights. We do not want to give any other reason for our behavior than the fact that we have a legal right. Backing rights up with coercive threats indicates that we are willing to accept legal obligations unwillingly. This book offers a conceptual reconstruction of the legal relation on the basis of a critique of legal positivism.

Details

  • Title The Legal Relation: Legal Theory After Legal Positivism
  • Author Alexander Somek
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 220
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9781316648001 / 1316648001
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.41 x 0.57 in (23.44 x 16.28 x 1.45 cm)
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

The Legal Relation: Legal Theory after Legal Positivism (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy...

The Legal Relation: Legal Theory after Legal Positivism (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law)

by Somek, Alexander

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781316648001 / 1316648001
Quantity Available
1
Seller
York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£30.14
£19.95 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Paperback. Very Good. Same day dispatch. New copy with a damaged stamp to the copyright page. A publishers overstock which is in excellent condition except for the above mentioned 5cm stamp.
Item Price
£30.14
£19.95 shipping to USA
The Legal Relation: Legal Theory After Legal Positivism
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Legal Relation: Legal Theory After Legal Positivism

by Somek, Alexander

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781316648001 / 1316648001
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£30.32
£10.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Cambridge Univ Pr, 2017. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches.
Item Price
£30.32
£10.00 shipping to USA
The Legal Relation: Legal Theory after Legal Positivism
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Legal Relation: Legal Theory after Legal Positivism

by Alexander Somek

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781316648001 / 1316648001
Quantity Available
5
Seller
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£35.63
£9.95 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Paperback / softback. New. The law is a way of relating to one another. In a legal context, we expect to have our claims respected simply because we have a legal right. This book offers a conceptual reconstruction of the legal relation on the basis of a critique of legal positivism.
Item Price
£35.63
£9.95 shipping to USA