On the Relationship Between Law and Morality

Ratio Juris 2 (1):66-78 (1989)
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Instead of being embarrassed and uneasy about the implications of the separation thesis, positivists should welcome the fact that they cannot account for the obligatoriness of law. The rule of recognition is only a social rule and introduces no grounds for obligation.

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10.1111/j.1467-9337.1989.tb00027.x

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Markets, morals, and the law.Jules L. Coleman - 1988 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Markets, Morals and the Law.[author unknown] - 1990 - Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 52 (2):367-368.

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