TY  - BOOK
AU  - Załuski,Wojciech
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - Evolutionary theory and legal philosophy
SN  - 9781781953075 (e-book)
AV  - K328 .Z35 2009
U1  - 340.1 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Law and biology
KW  - Law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-162) and index; 1. The evolutionary view of human nature -- 2. The ontological question -- 3. The teleological-axiological question -- 4. The normativity question
N2  - This unique book presents various ways in which evolutionary theory can contribute to the analysis of key legal-philosophical problems. Wojciech Zaluski explores three central questions; the ontological question - what is the nature of law?; the teleological-axiological question - what are the main values to be realized by law?; the normativity question, which has two aspects; normative: what explains the fact that legal norms provide reasons for action?, and motivational: what explains the fact that humans can be motivated by legal norms? It is argued that evolutionary theory suggests non-trivial answers to these questions, and that these answers can become the building blocks of a new - evolutionary - paradigm in legal philosophy
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848444454.xml
ER  -