附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- pt. I. Positivism defended. Justice as constancy. Scrupulousness without scruples: a critique of Lon Fuller and his defenders. Requirements, reasons, and raz: legal positivism and legal duties. The law in action: a study in good and evil. Also among the prophets: some rejoinders to Ronald Dworkin's attacks on legal positivism -- pt. II. Positivism extended. Disclaimers and reassertions. Elements of a conceptual framework. Law and order: some implications.
摘要:'In Defense of Legal Positivism' insists on the separability of law and morality. After distinguishing among three facets of morality, the author explores a variety of ways in which law has been perceived as integrally connected to each of those facets.
