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 val ...

, 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. 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, ...

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*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 Theories of law {{law-stub