9780198716105 | On Law and Justice

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On Law and Justice by Alf Ross (1899-1979) is a classic work of twentieth-century legal philosophy. The first translation into English was notably poor and abridged, and it misrepresented Ross's views. Translated from scratch and in full length from the original Danish, this new critical edition casts light on Ross's work and resituates it firmly in the context of current debates in the field.

Ross was, in H.L.A. Hart's words, 'the most acute and best-equipped philosopher' of Scandinavian legal realism. On Law and Justice provides a comprehensive outline of his legal realist position, offering a consistently empirical research programme that simultaneously recognizes the distinctly normative character of law. Ross's legal realism avoids the standard critiques against behaviourist reductionism while still remaining categorically distinct from legal positivism and natural law.

Alf Ross (1899-1979) was a Danish legal and moral philosopher and scholar of international law. He is best known as one of the leading exponents of Scandinavian Legal Realism. Ross published Om Ret og Retfaerdighed (On Law and Justice) in 1953 which was later published in English in 1959.

Henrik Palmer Olsen is the head of the PhD program at the Centre for Legal Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He specializes in jurisprudence, legal philosophy and general legal theory, constitutional and human rights law, and law and religion.

Uta Bindreiter is an Associate Professor of Law at Lund University. Her main interest and publications are in legal-theoretical problems-specifically, in the role of basic assumptions in the law.

Jakob Holtermann is Associate Professor in Legal Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.

I. The Problems of Legal Philosophy
II. The Concept "Scientifically Valid Danish Law"
III. The Sources of Law
IV. Legal Method: Interpretation
V. Legal Modalities
VI. The Concept of Rights
VII. The Theory of Rights in Rem and Rights in Personam
VIII. The Legal System
IX. Operative Facts
X. The History of Natural Law
XI. Analysis and Critique of the Philosophy of Natural Law
XII. The Idea of Justice
XIII. Utilitarianism and the Chimera of Public Utility
XIV. Science and Politics
XV. Legal Politics: Purpose and Scope
XVI. The Possibility of Legal Politics: Between Fate and Utopia
XVII. The Role of the 'Sense of Justice' in Legal Politics

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On Law and Justice

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