Legal Positivism as an Idea About Morality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10855250 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Stone, Martin J Stone (0000-0002-6468-4427, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 313-341 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | University of Toronto Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0220 • E-ISSN: 1710-1174 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/utlj.61.2.313 |
| OpenAlex | W4248148381 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
I ask what a proper critical target for ‘legal positivism’ might be. I argue that utilitarian moral theory, and more generally fully directive moral theories, are unacknowledged motivations for legal positivism. Contemporary debate about ‘the nature of law’ is, historically speaking, much more of a footnote to utilitarianism than has been recognized
Directive · Epistemology · Legal positivism · Legal profession · Legal realism · Morality · Political science · Positivism · Sociology · Utilitarianism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Legal principles and applications · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |