The Force of Law

by Frederick Schauer

Book Overview

Many legal theorists maintain that laws are effective because we internalize them, obeying even when not compelled to do so. In a comprehensive reassessment of the role of force in law, Frederick Schauer disagrees, demonstrating that coercion, more than internalized thinking and behaving, distinguishes law from society's other rules.

Reinvigorating ideas from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, and drawing on empirical research as well as philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368215
• ISBN13: 9780674368217
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"