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Authority of Law
In Dennis Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 559–570 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Why Authority? The Forms and Limits of Authority The Paradoxes of Authority The Justification of Authority Authority and the Obligation to Obey the Law Legal Authority Conclusion References.
authority of law political philosophy and philosophy of law ‐ idea of authority, issues regarding justification of government idea of authority finding application ‐ in wide variety of contexts forms and limits of authority Raz's approach to authority ‐ roots the idea in a larger framework of practical reasoning paradoxes of authority justification of authority authority and obligation to obey the law “legal authority ” ‐ a statute or judicial decision
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