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Legal Positivism and the Objectivity of Law
2004 (Engelska)Ingår i: Analisi e diritto, s. 253-267Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, I maintain that legal positivism leaves some room for the idea of objectivity in the determination of the law, though not as much as one might think. More specifically, I maintain that on a legal positivist analysis we can attain legal objectivity at the level of the sources of law, though not at the level of interpretation and application of the law. The reason, I argue, is (i) that the identification of the legal raw material at the level of the sources of law is a purely factual matter, whereas the interpretation and application of this raw material often involves moral reasoning; and (ii) that reasoning about factual matters can be, and usually is, objective, whereas it seems that moral reasoning cannot be. This means, inter alia, that I reject the notion – entertained by Joseph Raz, among others – that the so-called strong social thesis applies to the level of interpretation and application of the law as well as to the level of the sources of law.

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2004. s. 253-267
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Legal Positivism, morality, statutory intepretation, objectivity of law
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-81422OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-81422DiVA, id: diva2:109337
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