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Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics
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Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics
By
Mark C. Murphy
Description
Natural law is a perennial though
poorly represented and understood issue in political philosophy and
the philosophy of law. Mark C. Murphy argues that the central thesis
of natural law jurisprudence - that law is backed by decisive reasons
for compliance - sets the agenda for natural law political
philosophy, demonstrating how law gains its binding force by way of
the common good of the political community. Murphy’s work
ranges over the central questions of natural law jurisprudence and
political philosophy, including the formulation and defense of the
natural law jurisprudential thesis, the nature of the common good,
the connection between the promotion of the common good and
requirement of obedience to law, and the justification of punishment.
• Provides novel defences of
perennial but under-represented views in legal and political
philosophy • Reformulates some of the central debates in legal
and political theory • Engages with the most influential recent
work in philosophy of law and political philosophy
Contents
Introduction; 1. Natural law
jurisprudence formulated; 2. Natural law jurisprudence defended; 3.
The common good; 4. The natural law rejection of consent theory; 5. A
constant theory of the authority of law; 6. The authority of law and
legal punishment; 7. Beneath and beyond the common good.
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