Legal Philosophy – General Aspects Vol. 2: Theoretical Examinations and Practical Application

Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,24th–30th June 1999 in New York

Edited by Patricia Smith Edited by Paolo Comanducci

Book cover: Legal Philosophy – General Aspects Vol. 2: Theoretical Examinations and Practical Application

Extent: 176 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Law, Philosophy

Series: Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie - Beihefte

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(November 2002)

ISBN: 9783515081009

6.69 x 9.49 inches

Price: $63.00

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Many recent political and economic transformations pose difficult questions of legal and social theory. Yet, although these questions are now raised with new urgency, the basic questions are not new. They have long been central features of legal and social philosophy in its most general form. What principles explain or justify legal institutions or decisions, thereby transforming coercion to authority? Are there or could there be any such universal principles? Can any philosophical theory account for such principles? How, if at all, do philosophical theories of law and politics apply to particular issues? And finally, what, if any, do such practical applications tell us about general theories and principles? The essays in this volume represent the efforts of an international group of scholars to understand these general aspects of legal philosophy.


Many recent political and economic transformations pose difficult questions of legal and social theory. Yet, although these questions are now raised with new urgency, the basic questions are not new. They have long been central features of legal and social philosophy in its most general form. What principles explain or justify legal institutions or decisions, thereby transforming coercion to authority? Are there or could there be any such universal principles? Can any philosophical theory account for such principles? How, if at all, do philosophical theories of law and politics apply to particular issues? And finally, what, if any, do such practical applications tell us about general theories and principles? The essays in this volume represent the efforts of an international group of scholars to understand these general aspects of legal philosophy.

  • Edited by Patricia Smith
  • Edited by Paolo Comanducci