Law, Metaphysics, Meaning, and Objectivity: Social, Political, & Legal Philosophy (2) (Rodopi Philosophical Studies, 8)

Annotation. Papers in philosophy of law by some of the younger cutting-edge contributors to the field. Two sets of issues of crucial current importance are taken up. The first part deals with issues of meaning and objectivity in the metaphysics of law. The second part is about rights theory. This volume will be required reading for anyone interested in philosophy of law, and also of use for those with broader interests in ethics, metaethics, and social and political philosophy Interpretivist Theories Of Law / Nicos Stavropoulos -- How Facts Make Law / Mark Greenberg -- On The Normative Significance Of Brute Facts / Ram Neta -- On Practices And The Law / Mark Greenberg -- Supervenience, Value, And Legal Content / Enrique Villanueva -- Reasons Without Values? / Mark Greenberg -- Theory, Practice And Ubiquitous Interpretation : The Basics / Martin Stone -- Law As A Reflective Practice / Scott Hershovitz -- On Reflective Practices And 'substituting For God' / Martin Stone -- Metasemantics And Objectivity / Ori Simchen -- Can Objectivity Be Grounded In Semantics? / Michael S. Moore -- A Hybrid Theory Of Claim-rights / Gopal Sreenivasan -- Is The Will Theory Of Rights Superseded By The Hybrid Theory? / Horacio Spector -- In Defense Of The Hybrid Theory / Gopal Sreenivasan. Edited By Enrique Villanueva. Includes Bibliographical References. Content: Interpretivist theories of law / Nicos Stavropoulos -- How facts make law / Mark Greenberg -- On the normative significance of brute facts / Ram Neta -- On practices and the law / Mark Greenberg -- Supervenience, value, and legal content / Enrique Villanueva -- Reasons without values? / Mark Greenberg -- Theory, practice and ubiquitous interpretation : the basics / Martin Stone -- Law as a reflective practice / Scott Hershovitz -- On reflective practices and 'substituting for God' / Martin Stone -- Metasemantics and objectivity / Ori Simchen -- Can objectivity be grounded in semantics? / Michael S. Moore -- A hybrid theory of claim-rights / Gopal Sreenivasan -- Is the will theory of rights superseded by the hybrid theory? / Horacio Spector -- In defense of the hybrid theory / Gopal Sreenivasan.