Understanding the Force of Law

The Force of Law raises a fundamental question: what is the nature of the force underlying legal authority? Frederick Schauer does an excellent job describing the history of two models of the nature of that force: coercion (i.e., sanction based) and sanction-independent. Having identified these two...

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Main Author: Tyler, Tom R (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2015
In:Year: 2015
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:The Force of Law raises a fundamental question: what is the nature of the force underlying legal authority? Frederick Schauer does an excellent job describing the history of two models of the nature of that force: coercion (i.e., sanction based) and sanction-independent. Having identified these two distinct models, he then tries to make the case that the law is primarily about coercion and that the role of sanction-independent force has been overstated