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What Is Legal Philosophy?
Author(s) -
URBINA SEBASTIÁN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2005.00292.x
Subject(s) - constructive , normative , epistemology , philosophy of law , social philosophy , ontology , economic justice , sociology , legal realism , philosophy , legal research , law , political science , social science , computer science , social relation , comparative law , process (computing) , operating system
. This paper argues that legal philosophy is a social practice undertaken by participants whose views have primacy over non‐participants. This social practice is dynamic, constructive and based on understanding and explanation, in order to meet normative expectations. Legal Philosophy should include Legal Ontology, Legal Epistemology and a Theory of Justice. It is usually claimed that legal philosophy is a branch of a genus called philosophy, but there is no one single definition of it. In this paper it is argued that as a starting point there is a need to choose between three basic traditions in philosophy.