Why the Law Matters to You Citizenship, Agency, and Public Identity |
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Author:
| Hanisch, Christoph |
Series title: | Practical Philosophy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-11-032457-0 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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Book Format: | Mixed media product |
List Price: | USD $210.00 |
Book Description:
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This book develops an account of legality that identifies the law as a constitutive feature of the identities of citizens of modern states. The law co-constitutes practical identities by maintaining the external preconditions that are necessary for actions performed under its authority. The book is a defense of the necessity of social institutions that employs resources from action theory as well as from social, political, and legal philosophy.
This book develops an account of legality that identifies the law as a constitutive feature of the identities of citizens of modern states. The law co-constitutes practical identities by maintaining the external preconditions that are necessary for actions performed under its authority. The book is a defense of the necessity of social institutions that employs resources from action theory as well as from social, political, and legal philosophy.