Leslie Green is a leading figure in late-20th and early-21st century legal philosophy. He has made important contributions on topics as varied as legal positivism, political obligation, the limits of government, and the regulation of pornography. Green's work is marked by its striking originality and approachability, as well as his willingness to see questions in the philosophy of law as integrated with wider questions of moral, political, and social theory. Named after one of Professor Green's most celebrated articles, The Morality in Law is a collection of essays inspired by his work. This eclectic book covers pressing questions of practical philosophy including: What do oppressed citizens owe the state? Should law be used to improve sexual morality? How are legal decisions justified?
Thought-provoking and original, this volume advances key debates in legal philosophy while honouring Professor Green's enduring influence.
Volume editor:
Thomas Adams (Associate Professor of Law and Tutorial Fellow Associate Professor of Law and Tutorial Fellow St Catherine's College University of Oxford),
Kate Greasley (Associate Professor of Law and Tutorial Fellow,
Associate Professor of Law and Tutorial Fellow,
Hertford College,
University of Oxford),
Denise Réaume (Professor of Law Emerita,
Professor Emerita,
University of Toronto)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 532g
ISBN: 9780198955856
ISBN 10: 0198955855
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 March 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1: Brian Leiter: How to Cabin the Realist Indeterminacy Thesis: On Green, Positivism, and the Sources of Law 2: Luís Duarte d'Almeida: Sources of Law and the Justification of Judicial Decision (and the Absolutely Fabulous Model of Law) 3: Allan C Hutchinson: It's Not Easy Bein' Green: Positivism, Morality, and Legitimacy 4: Grégoire Webber: Gilead Constitutionalism 5: Thomas Adams: Legitimacy and The Authority of the State 6: Ashwini Vasanthakumar: The Political Obligations of Oppressed Citizens: Resistance, Refusal, and the Politics of Transformation 7: Nicola Lacey: The Diversification of Jurisprudence? : Intellectual History Seen Through the Lens of a Friendship. 8: Kate Greasley: Using Law to Improve Sexual Morality 9: Robert Mark Simpson: Censorship, Condemnation, and Understanding 10: Farrah Ahmed: The Sting of Toleration 11: Leslie Green: The Past of Jurisprudence
Thomas Adams is an Associate Professor of Law and Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College, University of Oxford. He works in the philosophy of law as well as on theoretical aspects of public law. He has held visiting positions at New York University School of Law and University of Chicago Law School. Kate Greasley is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, and Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College. Her research interests span medical law and ethics, criminal law theory, feminist legal theory, and legal philosophy. She has been a Lecturer in Law at University College London, and a Junior Research Fellow in Law at University College, Oxford. Denise Réaume is a Professor of Law Emerita at the University of Toronto. Her research projects include work on official language rights in Canada, discrimination law, and feminist issues in tort law, all of which she is widely published on.
