The Planning Theory of Law II: The Nature of Legal Norms

Philosophy Compass 8 (2):159-169 (2013)
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This paper and its companion (‘‘The Planning Theory of Law I: The Nature of Legal Institutions’’) provide a general introduction to Scott Shapiro’s Planning Theory of Law as developed in his recent book Legality. The Planning Theory encompasses both an account of the nature of legal institutions and an account of the nature of legal norms. The first paper concerns the account of legal institutions. This paper concerns the account of legal norms.

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The concept of law.Hla Hart - 1961 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Law’s Empire.Ronald Dworkin - 1986 - Harvard University Press.
Practical reason and norms.Joseph Raz - 1975 - London: Hutchinson.
Legality.Scott Shapiro (ed.) - 2011 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Statutory lawlessness and supra-statutory law (1946).Radbruch Gustav - 2006 - Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 26 (1):1-11.

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