Philosophy of Law: The Fundamentals (Fundamentals of Philosophy)

By Mark C. Murphy

Book Overview

The Philosophy of Law is a broad-reaching text that guides readers through the basic analytical and normative issues in the field, highlighting key historical and contemporary thinkers and offering a unified treatment of the various issues in the philosophy of law. Enlivened with numerous, everyday examples to illustrate various concepts of law. Employs the idea of three central commonplaces about law - that law is a social matter, that law is authoritative, and that law is for the common good - to organize seemingly disparate topics and to bring rival views into contention with each other. The first volume in the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, in which leading philosophers explore the fundamental issues and core problems in the major sub-disciplines of philosophy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405129603
• ISBN13: 9781405129602
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Straight forward and easy read

For a philosophy of law class this read is very comprehensive. I recommend this book for those who want to know fundamentals since this book is great covering the basic stuff on principles of law. Also, in comparison to Dworkin and other philosophers of law, Murphy does a great job explaining difficult things in very easy way to grasp.