The Moral Limits of Law: Obedience, Respect, and Legitimacy

By Ruth C.A. Higgins

Book Overview

The Moral Limits of Law analyses the related debates concerning the moral obligation to obey the law, conscientious citizenship, and state legitimacy. Incorporating a comprehensive critical analysis of the methodology and substance of these debates in legal, political, and moral philosophy, it proposes an original theory of duty grounded in respect for persons, which accommodates the contemporary social tension between local and global obligations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199265674
• ISBN13: 9780199265671
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"