This classic collection of essays, first published in 1979, has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality. Raz begins by presenting an analysis of the concept of authority and what is involved in law's claim to moral authority. He then develops a detailed explanation of the nature of law and legal systems, presenting a s...(展开全部)

约瑟夫．拉兹（Joseph Raz），牛津大学法哲学教授、巴利奥尔学院（Balliol College）研究员，哥伦比亚大学法学院法理学访问教授。主要从事法律、道德和政治哲学教学与研究工作，在法理学、政治哲学、道德与实践理性领域颇有建树。拉兹是当代道德、法律与政治领域最杰出的学者之一。 拉兹1963年毕业于耶路撒冷希伯来大学；1967年获牛津大学哲学博士学位；1972年成为牛津大学巴利奥尔学院法学研究员和导师；自1977年在哲学系工作，1985年牛津大学为了表彰拉兹在法哲学领域的杰出贡献，专门为他新设了一个学术职位：法哲学教授。拉兹曾先后在多所著名大学做过访问教授，如洛克菲勒大学，加利福尼亚大学，耶鲁大学，普林斯顿大学，密歇根大学，澳大利亚国家学院，等。 拉兹是英国研究院研究员、美国人文与自然科学院名誉会员。主要著作有：《法律体系的概念——一种法律体...(展开全部)

Stephen Darwall presents a series of essays that explore the view that central moral concepts are irreducibly second-personal, in that they entail mutual accountability and the authority to address demands. He illustrates the power of the second-personal framework to illuminate a wide variety of issues in moral, political, and legal philosophy. Section I concerns morality: its ...(展开全部)

H.L.A. HART was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford until 1968, and is the author of The Concept of Law (1961), The Morality of the Criminal Law (1965), Punishment and Responsibility (1967), and, with A. M. Honore, Causation in the Law (1959).

In this book Joseph Raz develops his views on some of the central questions in practical philosophy: legal, political and moral. The book provides an overview of Raz's work on jurisprudence and the nature of law in the context of broader questions in the philosophy of practical reason. The book opens with a discussion of methodological issues, focusing on understanding the natu...(展开全部)

This book provides the first systematic, book-length defence of natural law ideas in ethics, politics and jurisprudence since John Finnis's influential Natural Law and Natural Rights. Incorporating insights from recent work in ethical, legal and social theory, it presents a robust and original account of the natural law tradition, challenging common perceptions of natural law a...(展开全部)

This new collection of essays opens with a pivotal essay, not previously published, on the implications of the moral duties which arise out of concern for the well-being of others. The first part of the book concentrates on the consequences of two central aspects of well-being: the importance of membership in groups - the role of belonging - and the active character of well-bei...(展开全部)