Law and Morality

In analyzing the socio-psychic nature and operations of intuitive legal rules, Petrazycki formulates a theory of law around five conceptual themes: anti-formalism, imperative-attributive legal relationships, law's functional control, law's subjective reality and morality.

Author: Leon Petrazycki,A. Javier Trevino
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/28/2011
Pages: 396
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781412814690

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 133

About the Author
Petrazycki, Leon: - Leon Petrazycki was born on April 29, 1867 near the city of Vitebsk in Belarus (bordered by Russia). In 1891 Petrazycki obtained his master's degree in Roman Law from the University of Kiev. Petrazycki later went on to the University in St. Petersburg where he was awarded a doctorate in law, and eventually became the chair of jurisprudence at that institution. His other writings include Study of Law and Morality and Theory of Law and State in Connection With a Theory of Morality.

Trevino, A. Javier: -

A. Javier TreviNo teaches sociology at Wheaton College in Massachusetts and is the editor of the Law and Society series for Transaction Publishers. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Sociology of Law; Talcott Parsons on Law and the Legal System; and George C. Homans: History, Theory, and Method. In addition, his work has appeared in theJournal of Classical Sociology, the American Sociologist, andContemporary Justice Review.