The Nature of Law – Authority, Obligation, and the Common Good Mark Hardback

The Nature of LawAuthority, Obligation, and the Common Good\nAuthor(s): Daniel Mark\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268208219, 978-0268208219\nSynopsis\nChallenging the prevailing understanding of the authority of law, Daniel Mark offers a theory of moral obligation that is rooted both in command and in the law's orientation to the common good.\n\n When and why do we have an obligation to obey the law? Prevailing theories in the philosophy of law, starting with the work of H. L. A. Hart and Joseph Raz, fail to provide definitive answers regarding the nature of legal obligation. In this highly original and effective new work, Daniel Mark argues that there is a prima facie moral obligation to obey the law simply because it is the law. In Mark's view, the best concept of lawone that allows for the possibility of justified authority and obligationdefines law as a set of commands oriented to.