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............................................................................................................................DescriptionNow available for the first time in paperback, this book is concerned with the nature of law and its relation to morality, concentrating on the proper moral attitude of a citizen towards the law of his country. The author begins by presenting a new analysis of the concept of legitimate authority and then gives a detailed explanation of the legal positivist's approach to law. Within this framework the author examines several areas where legal analysis is often thought to be impregnated with moral values, namely the social functions of law, the ideals of the rule of law, and the role of the courts.The last part of the book is devoted to some key substantive problems. The author argues that there is no obligation to obey the law. He provides a new analysis of respect for law, emphasizing its moral importance. The author maintains there is no right to civil disobedience in a liberal state (though acts of civil disobedience may occasionally be justified even in such a state) and he argues for a right of conscientious objection in certain areas.............................................................................................................................ContentsI. Law and Authority1. Legitimate Authority2. The Claims of LawII. The Nature of Law and Natural Law3. Legal Positivism and the Sources of Law4. Legal Reasons, Sources, and Gaps5. The Identity of Legal System6. The Institutional Nature of Law7. Kelsen’s Theory of the Basic Norm8. Legal ValidityIII. Internal Legal Values9. The Functions of Law10. Law and Value in Adjudication11. The Rule of Law and its VirtueIV. Moral Attitudes to the Law12. The Obligation to Obey the Law13. Respect for Law14. A Right to Dissent? I. Civil Disobedience15. A Right to Dissent? II. Conscientious ObjectionIndex............................................................................................................................Author DetailsJoseph Raz is Tutor in Jurisprudence and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is author of The Concept of a Legal System (Clarendon Press. 1970, 2nd edn. 1980), and editor of Practical Reasoning (Oxford Readings in Philosophy, 1978), and (with P. M. S. Hacker) Law, Morality, and Society: Essays in Honour of H. L. A. Hart (Clarendon Press, 1977).............................................................................................................................
