The Constitution of the Legal Relation
A Pragmatist Philosophy of Law
The Constitution of the Legal Relation
A Pragmatist Philosophy of Law
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Description
This book defends the relational approach to law.
It begins by exploring how law is constituted in the context of either rational or reasonable conduct. Having identified reasonableness as the unifying theme of natural law theories, it argues that the form and authority of law originate in the practical resolution of a moral antinomy that these theories leave unaddressed.
The reasonableness of law lies in the structure and principles of relations in which rights are correlated with obligations and powers with liabilities. Rather than descending upon us from above in the form of directives, law emerges from our interactive eff orts to cope with persistent moral disagreements.
Ultimately, the relational approach views the legal rules governing our interactions as expressions of a common will. The book concludes that, unsurprisingly, modern constitutionalism represents a thoroughly pragmatic and most defensible conception of the authority of law.
Table of Contents
2. The Point of Legal Philosophy
3. The Rational Perspective on Overpowering Force
4. A Modest Primer on Reasonableness
5. Soul and the City
6. The Best and the Most Feasible
7. Natural Law: Its Problem
8. Natural Law: Trajectories
9. The Enigma of Authority
10. Relational Approaches
11. The Enigma of Morality
12. The Indeterminacy of Law
Product details
| Published | 05 Mar 2026 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781509979226 |
| Imprint | Hart Publishing |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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