
Exploring the Nature of Law
Thomistic Juridical Realism and the Elements of Law's Ontology
$245.89
- Hardcover
238 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2025
Summary
This is a book about the nature of the phenomenon referred to as “law” by lawyers, legal officials, and members of communities living under law, to the extent that they conceptualize the realm of “law” as something sufficiently distinguishable from other realities and phenomena.
The book belongs to the legal-philosophical field dedicated to the study of the very nature of law, that is, to the most basic or abstract part of the philosophy of law, which is sometimes referred to as “the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813240237 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0813240239 |
| Author: | Petar Popović, Kevin C. Walsh |
| Publisher: | The Catholic University of America Press |
| Imprint: | The Catholic University of America Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 238 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Petar Popović
Petar Popović is associate professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, co-editor of The Concept of Ius and the Nature of Law in Thomas Aquinas and the author of Natural Law and Thomistic Juridical Realism: Prospects for a Dialogue with Contemporary Legal Theory.
Kevin C. Walsh is Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition at Columbus Law School, The Catholic University of America.
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