Allan James. A Sceptical Theory of Morality and Law. Peter Lang,1998. — 277 p.. 1998
The ultimate aim of this book is to cast some light on the phenomenon of law. I will eventually consider three of the most contentious issues in the philosophy of law, they being the question of interpretation, the nature of rights, and the desirability of separating law and morality. However, all three of these issues of legal philosophy I will leave for the second part of this book. Instead I begin not with law but with morality. A theory of law implicitly or explicitly subsumes a moral theory because on any theory of law there is some relation between morality and law. I will start by making my theory of morality explicit.
PART A: A CASE FOR MORAL SCEPTICIS
Chapter One The Deflation of Reason
Chapter Two Reason and Morality
Chapter Three Defending the View that Moral Distinctions are Projected, Subjective Sentiments
Chapter Four A Sceptic’s View of Sympathy and Virtue
Chapter Five The Making of an Interpersonal System of Constraints on Action
Chapter Six Ramifications and Reckonings
PART B: LEGAL THEORY FROM THE SCEPTIC’S VANTAG
Chapter Seven Insider Interpreting
Chapter Eight A Sceptic’s Observations about Interpretation and Legal Systems
Chapter Nine Non-Legal Rights: Human or Humean?
Books and textbooks on the discipline Theory of law:
- Askey Simon, McLeod Ian. Studying Law. Macmillan Education,2014. — 239 p. - 2014 ãîä
- Alexy Robert. The Argument from Injustice: A Reply to Legal Positivism. Oxford University Press,2010. — 159 p. - 2010 ãîä
- Anderson Matthew (ed.). Toward a Critique of Guilt: Perspectives from Law and the Humanities. JAI Press,2005. — 168 p. - 2005 ãîä
- Atienza Manuel, Manero Juan Ruiz. A Theory of Legal Sentences. Springer Netherlands,1998. — 205 p. - 1998 ãîä