Ratio and Voluntas: The Tension Between Reason and Will in Law

By Kaarlo Tuori

Book Overview

From the ancient beginnings of Western legal tradition, law has been conceived as traversed by a fundamental tension between power (will) and reason. This volume examines the tension between these two poles in modern law, building on the views of distinctive features of the ideal-typical mature modern legal system that was previously presented in the author's work, Critical Legal Positivism (Ashgate 2002).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409420132
• ISBN13: 9781409420132
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"