Skip to content

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory Hardcover - 1993

by David Lyons


From the publisher

David Lyons is one of the preeminent philosophers of law active in the United States. This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. The underlying theme of the book is that a system of law has only a tenuous connection with morality and justice. Contrary to those legal theorists who maintain that no matter how bad the law of a community might be, strict conformity to existing law automatically dispenses "formal" justice, Professor Lyons contends that the law must earn the respect that it demands. Moreover, we cannot, as some would suggest, interpret law in a value-neutral manner. Rather courts should interpret statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional provisions in terms of values that would justify those laws. In this way officials can promote the justifiability of what they do to people in the name of law, and can help the law live up to its moral pretensions.

Details

  • Title Moral Aspects of Legal Theory
  • Author David Lyons
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 236
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1993-01-29
  • ISBN 9780521432443 / 0521432448
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.25 x 0.96 in (23.60 x 15.88 x 2.44 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Justice, Administration of, Law and ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92028985
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340.112
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory: Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory: Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility

by David Lyons

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780521432443 / 0521432448
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Alplaus, New York, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$59.81
$6.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Cambridge University Press, 1993-01-29. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardbound without dust jacket. Pages unmarked, modest wear. From the Preface: "If this volume has a dominant theme, it is the lack of reverence for the law. The law to which I refer is not some sanitized ideal but rather what counts as law in real legal systems. As far as I can see, those bodies of law have merely contingent, indeed fragile, links with justice." 217 pages.
Item Price
$59.81
$6.00 shipping to USA
Moral Aspects of Legal Theory

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory

by David Lyons

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780521432443 / 0521432448
Quantity Available
451
Seller
Uxbridge, Greater London, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$122.73
$10.18 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Moral Aspects of Legal Theory.
Item Price
$122.73
$10.18 shipping to USA
Moral Aspects of Legal Theory: Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory: Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility

by David Lyons

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780521432443 / 0521432448
Quantity Available
10
Seller
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$126.18
$12.68 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Hardback. New. This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. The underlying theme of the book is that a system of law has only a tenuous connection with morality and justice.
Item Price
$126.18
$12.68 shipping to USA
Moral Aspects of Legal Theory: Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory: Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility

by Lyons, David

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780521432443 / 0521432448
Quantity Available
5
Seller
campbelltown, Florida, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 1 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$145.00
$15.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Cambridge University Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing
Item Price
$145.00
$15.00 shipping to USA