In Defense of Legal Positivism Law without Trimmings
, by Kramer, Matthew H.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780199264834 | 019926483X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/22/2003
This book is an uncompromising defense of legal positivism that insists on the separability of law and morality. After distinguishing among three facets of morality, Kramer explores a variety of ways in which law has been perceived as integrally connected to each of those facets. The book concludes with a detailed discussion of the obligation to obey the law--a discussion that highlights the strengths of legal positivism in the domain of political philosophy as much as in the domain of jurisprudence.