Evolutionary Theory and Legal Philosophy

Wojciech Zaluski

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Abstract: This unique book presents various ways in which evolutionary theory can contribute to the analysis of key legal-philosophical problems. Wojciech Zaluski explores three central questions; the ontological question – what is the nature of law?; the teleological-axiological question – what are the main values to be realized by law?; the normativity question, which has two aspects; normative: what explains the fact that legal norms provide reasons for action?, and motivational: what explains the fact that humans can be motivated by legal norms? It is argued that evolutionary theory suggests non-trivial answers to these questions, and that these answers can become the building blocks of a new – evolutionary – paradigm in legal philosophy.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781848444454
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