The dynamics of law and morality : a pluralist account of legal interactionism

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The dynamics of law and morality : a pluralist account of legal interactionism

Title remainder

a pluralist account of legal interactionism

Statement of responsibility

Wibren van der Burg, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Creator

• Burg, Wibren van der

Subject

• Law -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Law and ethics
• Legal polycentricity

Language

eng

Summary

This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law. Taking as its starting point the debates and mutual misunderstandings between proponents of different philosophical traditions, it argues that this theoretical pluralism is better explained once law is accepted as an essentially ambiguous concept. Continuing on, the book develops a robust theory of law that increases our grasp on global legal pluralism and the dynamics of law. This theory of legal interactionism, inspired by the work of Lon Fuller and Philip Selznick, also helps us to understand apparent anomalies of modern law, such as international law, the law of the European Convention on Human Rights and horizontal interactive legislation. In an ecumenical approach, legal interactionism does justice to the valuable core of truth in natural law and legal positivism.--

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Dewey number

340.112

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Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography