Ellian Afshin - A New Introduction To Jurisprudence Legality Legitimacy And The Foundations Of The Law - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A New Introduction to Jurisprudence takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law this book reflects on the concept of liberal democracy or constitutional democracy . In five chapters the book analyses: (i) the idea of higher law (ii) liberal democracy as a legitimate model for the state (iii) the separation of church and state or secularism as essential for the democratic state (iv) the universality of higher law principles (v) the history of modern political thought. This interdisciplinary approach to jurisprudence is relevant for legal scholars philosophers political theorists public intellectuals historians and politicians.
Title: A New Introduction To Jurisprudence Legality Legitimacy And The Foundations Of The Law
Author(s): Ellian Afshin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367112356
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 4/1/2019
Category: Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law