Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• 1. Introduction ; I: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ; 2. Can there be a Theory of Law? ; 3. Two Views of the Nature of the Theory of Law: A Partial Comparison ; II: LAW, AUTHORITY AND MORALITY ; 4. On the Nature of Law ; 5. The Problem of Authority: Revisiting the Service Conception ; 6. About Morality and the Nature of Law ; 7. Incorporation by Law ; 8. Reasoning with Rules ; III: INTERPRETATION ; 9. Why Interpret? ; 10. Interpretation Without Retrieval ; 11. Intention in Interpretation ; 12. Interpretation: Pluralism and Innovation ; 13. On the Authority and Interpretation of Constitutions: Some Preliminaries ; APPENDIX ; 14. Postema on Law's Autonomy and Public Practical Reasons: A Critical Comment ; Index

...an indispensable contribution.

Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• 1. Introduction ; I: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ; 2. Can there be a Theory of Law? ; 3. Two Views of the Nature of the Theory of Law: A Partial Comparison ; II: LAW, AUTHORITY AND MORALITY ; 4. On the Nature of Law ; 5. The Problem of Authority: Revisiting the Service Conception ; 6. About Morality and the Nature of Law ; 7. Incorporation by Law ; 8. Reasoning with Rules ; III: INTERPRETATION ; 9. Why Interpret? ; 10. Interpretation Without Retrieval ; 11. Intention in Interpretation ; 12. Interpretation: Pluralism and Innovation ; 13. On the Authority and Interpretation of Constitutions: Some Preliminaries ; APPENDIX ; 14. Postema on Law's Autonomy and Public Practical Reasons: A Critical Comment ; Index

...an indispensable contribution.

Joseph Raz has been teaching in Oxford since 1972. He has held a chair in the philosophy of law since 1985, and has been a Research Professor since 2006. He has also held a professorship at Columbia University since 2002. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• 1. Introduction ; I: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ; 2. Can there be a Theory of Law? ; 3. Two Views of the Nature of the Theory of Law: A Partial Comparison ; II: LAW, AUTHORITY AND MORALITY ; 4. On the Nature of Law ; 5. The Problem of Authority: Revisiting the Service Conception ; 6. About Morality and the Nature of Law ; 7. Incorporation by Law ; 8. Reasoning with Rules ; III: INTERPRETATION ; 9. Why Interpret? ; 10. Interpretation Without Retrieval ; 11. Intention in Interpretation ; 12. Interpretation: Pluralism and Innovation ; 13. On the Authority and Interpretation of Constitutions: Some Preliminaries ; APPENDIX ; 14. Postema on Law's Autonomy and Public Practical Reasons: A Critical Comment ; Index

...an indispensable contribution.