The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism

This collection of original essays from distinguished legal philosophers offers a challenging assessment of the nature and viability of legal positivism, an approach to legal theory that continues to dominate contemporary legal theoretical debates. To what extent is the law adequately described as autonomous? Should legal theorists maintain a conceptual separation of law and morality?

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Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis

Published Date: May 19, 2013 | Co Authors: John Keown | Topics: Natural Law, Philosophy

This book gathers twenty seven eminent moral, legal, and political philosophers, lawyers, and theologians to engage critically with the work of John Finnis, a pioneer in the development of a new yet classically-grounded theory of natural law, and contains a substantial reply by Finnis. Finnis’ work offers a systematic philosophy of practical reasoning and moral […]

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In Defense of Natural Law

Published Date: April 23, 1999 | Topics: Natural Law, Philosophy

In Making Men Moral, his 1995 book, George questioned the central doctrines of liberal jurisprudence and political theory. In his new work he extends his critique of liberalism, and also goes beyond it to show how contemporary natural law theory provides a superior way of thinking about basic problems of justice and political morality. Students […]

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