{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-legal-positivism-hardback-9781108427678","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism (Hardback) 9781108427678","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book brings together 33 state-of-the-art chapters on the import and the pros and cons of legal positivism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTorben Spaak (Edited by), Patricia Mindus (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108427678, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e600 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.8 x 4.7 cm, 1.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This excellent addition to the 'Cambridge Companions to Law' series [...] plays a critical role in grounding legal positivism within current trends and reaffirming its continued relevance ... Under the keen editorial guidance of Spaak (Stockholm Univ.) and Mindus (Uppsala Univ.), the logical organization, caliber of contributors, and emphasis on demonstrating the current relevance of legal positivism all come together to make this an essential volume for both students and scholars.' L. A. Wilkinson, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLegal positivism is one of the fundamental theories of jurisprudence studied in law and related fields around the world. This volume addresses how legal positivism is perceived and makes the case for why it is relevant for contemporary legal theory. The Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism offers thirty-three chapters from leading scholars that provide a comprehensive commentary on the fundamental ideas of legal positivism, its history and major theorists, its connection to normativity and values, its current development and influence, as well as on the criticisms moved against it.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction Torben Spaak and Patricia Mindus\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Fundamentals: 2. Positivism, Realism, and Sources of Law Leslie Green\u003cbr\u003e 3. Normative Legal Positivism Frederick Schauer\u003cbr\u003e 4. Legal Positivism as a Realist Theory of Law Brian Leiter\u003cbr\u003e Part II. History: 5. The German Tradition of Legal Positivism Stephan Kirste\u003cbr\u003e 6. The French Tradition of Legal Positivism Michel Troper\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Italian Tradition of Legal Positivism Ricardo Guastini\u003cbr\u003e 8. The British Tradition of Legal Positivism Gerald J. Postema\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Central Figures: 9. Jeremy Bentham and the Origins of Legal Positivism Philip Schofield\u003cbr\u003e 10. John Austin Michael Lobban\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Normative Power of the Factual – Georg Jellinek's Phenomenological Theory of Reflective Legal Positivism Jens Kersten\u003cbr\u003e 12. Hans Kelsen's Non-Reductive Positivism Michael S. Green\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Legal Positivism of H. L. A. Hart Matthew Kramer\u003cbr\u003e 14. From Savigny to Linguistic Analysis: Legal Positivism through Bobbio's Eyes Pierluigi Chiassoni\u003cbr\u003e 15. Joseph Raz's Approach to Legal Positivism Brian Bix\u003cbr\u003e 16. Bulygin's Analytical Legal Positivism María Cristina Redondo\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Main Tenets: 17. Social-Practice Legal Positivism and the Normativity Thesis Stefano Bertea\u003cbr\u003e 18. Social Facts and Legal Facts: Perils of Hume's Guillotine Tomasz Gizbert-Studnicki\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Scope of Legal Positivism: Validity and Interpretation? Torben Spaak\u003cbr\u003e 20. What Is Law and What Counts as Law? The Separation Thesis in Context Andrei Marmor\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Origins of Inclusive Legal Positivism W. J. Waluchow\u003cbr\u003e 22. Disruptive Implications of Legal Positivism's Social Efficacy Thesis Brian Z. Tamanaha\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Semantic Thesis in Legal Positivism Michael S. Green\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Normativity and Values: 24. Legal Positivism and Metaethics Kevin Toh\u003cbr\u003e 25. The Normativity of Law Brian Bix\u003cbr\u003e 26. An Italian Path to Legal Positivism: Ferrajoli's Garantismo J.J. Moreso\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Critique: 27. Gustav Radbruch's Critique of Legal Positivism Martin Borowski\u003cbr\u003e 28. Good Order and Workable Arrangements: Lon Fuller's Critique of Legal Positivism Kenneth Winston\u003cbr\u003e 29. Dworkin's Criticism of Hart's Positivism Dennis Patterson\u003cbr\u003e 30. Tracing Finnis's Criticism of Hart's Internal Point of View: Instability and the 'Point' of Human Action in Law Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco\u003cbr\u003e 31. Alexy's Critique of Legal Positivism Jan Sieckmann\u003cbr\u003e 32. Mark Greenberg on Legal Positivism Barbara Levenbook\u003cbr\u003e 33. 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