Metaphilosophy of Law

by Pawel Banas, Adam Dyrda, Tomasz Gizbert-Studnicki

Overview

Methodological and metaphilosophical disputes in the contemporary philosophy of law are very vivid. Basic issues remain controversial. The purpose of the book is to confront approaches of Anglo-Saxon and continental philosophy of law to the following topics: the purpose of legal philosophy, the role of disagreement in legal philosophy, methodology of legal philosophy (conceptual analysis) and normativity of law. We see those areas of legal metaphilosophy as drawing recently more and more attention in the literature. The authors of particular chapters are internationally recognised scholars rooted in various traditions: Anglo-Saxon (Gerald Postema, Dennis Patterson, Kenneth Ehrenberg, Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco); Southern-European (Riccardo Guastini, Manuel Atienza); Nordic (Torben Spaak); German (Ralf Poscher); and Central-European (Jan Wolenski, Tomasz Gizbert-Studnicki, Adam Dyrda). They represent different approaches and different backgrounds. The purpose of the volume is to contribute to the cross-cultural discussions of fundamental issues of philosophy of law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509906079
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/06/2016
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Pawel Banas is a PhD student in legal theory, Adam Dyrda is Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Theory, and Tomasz Gizbert-Studnicki is Full Professor of Law and Head of the Department of Legal Theory, all at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Table of Contents

The Philosophy of Legal Philosophy: An Introduction Pawel Banas 1

Part I Status of Legal Philosophy

1 Jurisprudence, the Sociable Science Gerald J Postema 9

2 The Two Faces of Analytic Legal Philosophy Riccardo Guastini 37

3 Can We Please Stop Doing This? By the Way, Postema was Right Dennis Patterson 49

Part II Legal Philosophy and Metaphysics

4 Naturalism and Legal Philosophy Jan Wolenski 65

5 The Canberra Plan and the Nature of Law Torben Spaak 81

6 The Social Sources Thesis, Metaphysics and Metaphilosophy Tomasz Gizbert-Studnicki 121

7 Ontology and Reason Giving in Law Kenneth M Ehrenberg 147

Part III Particular Problems of Legal Philosophy

8 The Philosophy of Law as a 'Regional' Philosophy Manuel Atienza 161

9 Re-examining Deep Conventions: Practical Reason and Forward-Looking Agency Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco 177

Part IV Theoretical Disagreement in Legal Philosophy

10 Why We Argue About the Law: An Agonistic Account of Legal Disagreement Ralf Poscher 191

11 The Epistemology of Theoretical Disagreement Adam Dyrda 227

Index 261