MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 01669cam a2200337 a 4500
001 012696971-X
005 20140414023037.0
008 100727s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010031839
020 $a9780195387223 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a0195387228 (hardback : alk. paper)
035 0 $aocn651488331
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dBWX$dCDX$dMH-L
050 00 $aK3171$b.P669 2011
082 00 $a340/.112$222
100 1 $aPeters, Christopher J.
245 12 $aA matter of dispute :$bmorality, democracy, and law /$cChristopher J. Peters.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2011.
300 $axvi, 360 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: a government of laws -- The problem of law's authority -- A simple model of dispute resolution -- Disputes, legal rules, and democracy -- Democratic adjudication -- The forms and limits of democratic adjudication -- Law vs. democracy? -- Constitutional process.
520 8 $aLaw often purports to require people, including government officials, to act in ways they think are morally wrong or harmful. What is it about law that can justify such a claim? This book offers an answer to this problem of law's authority.
650 0 $aRule of law$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aLaw$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aDispute resolution$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aDemocracy.
650 0 $aConstitutional law$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aDispute resolution (Law)$xMoral and ethical aspects.
830 0 $aOxford scholarship online.$5net
988 $a20110225
906 $0DLC