
The Germ of Justice
Essays in General Jurisprudence
Leslie Green(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 17. August 2023
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-19-288694-1 (ISBN)
Description
General jurisprudence is the theory of law in general, identifying features that law has wherever and whenever legal institutions exist. But it is no hermetic inquiry. Law depends on, and has consequences for, politics and morality.
In The Germ of Justice, one of the subject's prominent exponents disentangles these relationships. Professor Leslie Green probes three clusters of problems: the nature of law as a social construction, the relations between law and morality, and the demands that law makes of its officers and its subjects. Along the way, Green asks what jurisprudence can learn from the social sciences, how it is related to the humanities, how it might make progress, and why it is of value.
This wonderful and accessible text engages leading theories of law and key works of Hume, Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin, Finnis, and Raz. The Germ of Justice is a must-have work in contemporary jurisprudence and a powerful contribution to political theory and moral philosophy.
In The Germ of Justice, one of the subject's prominent exponents disentangles these relationships. Professor Leslie Green probes three clusters of problems: the nature of law as a social construction, the relations between law and morality, and the demands that law makes of its officers and its subjects. Along the way, Green asks what jurisprudence can learn from the social sciences, how it is related to the humanities, how it might make progress, and why it is of value.
This wonderful and accessible text engages leading theories of law and key works of Hume, Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin, Finnis, and Raz. The Germ of Justice is a must-have work in contemporary jurisprudence and a powerful contribution to political theory and moral philosophy.
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The Germ of Justice would be of benefit in an academic setting for scholars, students, lecturers and/or philosophers. There are interesting discussions on changes in law that reflect changes in societal attitudes. In summary - an insightful publication. * Sangeeta Rabadia, The Law Society Gazette * This superb collection of essays in general jurisprudence belongs in every library concerned with the intersection of law and philosophy. The introduction alone is worth the price of admission. * H. Oberdiek, Choice * This superb collection of essays in general jurisprudence belongs in every library concerned with the intersection of law and philosophy. The introduction alone is worth the price of admission. * Choice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
643 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-288694-1 (9780192886941)
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Person
Leslie Green was born in Scotland and studied at Queen's University, Canada and at Nuffield College, Oxford. He began teaching at Lincoln College, Oxford before moving to Osgoode Hall Law School. He later returned to Oxford as Professor of the Philosophy of Law and Fellow of Balliol College, and to Queen's as Professor of Law and Distinguished University Fellow. He has been a Visiting Professor at Berkeley, Chicago, NYU and Texas - Austin, and delivered named lectures around the world, including the Leon Green Lecture, The Julius Stone Address, the Kadish Lecture, the 'Or 'Emet Lecture, and the Dewey Lecture.
Author
Emeritus Professor of PhilosophyEmeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Content
- Law, As Such
- 1: The Concept of Law Revisited
- 2: Law as a Means
- 3: Custom and Convention at the Foundations of Law
- 4: Realism and the Sources of Law
- 5: Feminism in Jurisprudence
- Law and Morality
- 6: The Germ of Justice
- 7: The Inseparability of Law and Morals
- 8: The Morality in Law
- 9: The Role of a Judge
- 10: Should Law Improve Morality?
- The Demands of Law
- 11: Hume on Allegiance
- 12: Associative Obligations and the State
- 13: The Forces of Law
- 14: The Duty to Govern