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Giudice, Michael

 
9781839103216: Social Construction of Law: Potential and Limits
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1839103213 ISBN 13 : 9781839103216
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

This illuminating book explores the theme of social constructionism in legal theory. It questions just how much freedom and power social groups really have to construct and reconstruct law. Michael Giudice takes a nuanced approach to analyse what is true and what is false in the view that law is socially constructed. He draws on accounts of European Union law as well as Indigenous legal orders in North America to demonstrate the contingency of particular concepts of law. Utilising evidence from a range of social and natural sciences, he also considers how law may have a naturally necessary core. The book concludes that while law would not exist without beliefs, intentions, and practices, it must always exist as a social rule, declaration, or directive; much, but not all, of law is socially constructed. This book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of law and philosophy as well as researchers interested in the intersections between analytical legal theory, socio-legal studies, and empirical legal studies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Giudice, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, York University, Canada

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1839103213
ISBN 13 
9781839103216
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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