Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law Volume 3

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law is a forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The essays range widely over issues in general jurisprudence (the nature of law, adjudication, and legal reasoning), the philosophical foundations of specific areas of law (from criminal law to evidence to international law), the history of legal philosophy, and related philosophical topics that illuminate the problems of legal theory. OSPL will be essential reading for philosophers, academic lawyers, political scientists, and historians of law who wish to keep up with the latest developments in this flourishing field.

John Gardner, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Oxford,Leslie Green, Professor of the Philosophy of Law, University of Oxford,Brian Leiter, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago

John Gardner is Professor of Law and Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford.

Leslie Green is Professor of the Philosophy of Law and Pauline and Max Gordon Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford.

Brian Leiter is Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values, University of Chicago.

1. Plan-Attitudes, Plan-Contents, and Bootstrapping: Some Thoughts on the Planning Theory of Law, Kevin Toh
2. Quasi-Expressivism about Statements of Law: A Hartian Theory, Stephen Finlay and David Plunkett
3. The Normative Force of Law: Individuals and States, Liam Murphy
4. The Authority of Hate Speech, Rae Langton
5. An Instrumental Legal Moralism, James Edwards
6. Crime as Prime, Richard Holton
7. Uncertainties of War, Victor Tadros