1st Edition

Prescriptive Legal Positivism Law, Rights and Democracy

By Tom Campbell Copyright 2005
340 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

340 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

Tom Campbell is well known for his distinctive contributions to legal and political philosophy over three decades. In emphasizing the moral and political importance of taking a positivist approach to law and rights, he has challenged current academic orthodoxies and made a powerful case for regaining and retaining democratic control over the content and development of human rights. This... Read more
Author’s Biography, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1 Repositioning Legal Positivism, Part 1: Law, Part 2: Rights, Part 3: Democracy, Appendix: Publications by Tom Campbell, Index

Biography

Tom Campbell is Professorial fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. He is also a Visiting Professor in the School of Law, King's College, London and University of Edinburgh.