Legality / Scott J. Shapiro.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

1st edition

77548

Jurisprudence.

Law -- Philosophy.

Legal positivism.

1. What is law (and why should we care)?

2. Crazy little thing called law

3. Austin's sanction theory

4. Hart and the rule of recognition

5. How to do things with plans

6. The making of a legal system

7. What law is

8. Legal reasoning and judicial decision making

9. Hard cases

10. Theoretical disagreements

11. Dworkin and distrust

12. The economy of trust

13. The interpretation of plans

14. The value of legality.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780674055667

472 p. ; 24 cm