The Concept of a Legal System: An Introduction to the Theory of the Legal System

by Joseph Raz

Book Overview

What does it mean to assert or deny the existence of a legal system? How can one determine whether a given law belongs to a certain legal system? What kind of structure do these systems have, that is--what necessary relations obtain between their laws? The examination of these problems in this volume leads to a new approach to traditional jurisprudential question, though the conclusions are based on a critical appraisal, particularly those of Bentham,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019825363X
• ISBN13: 9780198253631
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"