In
philosophy of law
Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. It asks questions like "What is law?", "What are the criteria for legal vali ...
, law as integrity is a theory of
law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
put forward by
Ronald Dworkin
Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New Yo ...
. In general, it can be described as interpreting the law according to a
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
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References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20111001143024/http://law.queensu.ca/facultyAndStaff/facultyDirectory/walters/legalHumanismAndLawAsIntegrityPublishedEd.pdf
*http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9obxh_the-rule-of-law-as-integrity-and-th_news
*http://mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=834&pc=9
*http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lawphil-nature/
*http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights/#5.1
*http://theoryofjurisprudence.blogspot.com/2007/12/ronald-dworkin-law-as-integrity.html
Philosophy of law
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