Recommended Citation
Brenner M. Fissell,
The Justification of Positve Law in Plato,
56(1)
American Journal of Jurisprudence
89
(2011).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/facpubs/175
Abstract
This article argues that Platonic legal philosophy views positive law as justified only because of the problems inherent in human nature, and not, contra natural law thinkers, because of its rationality.
ISSN
0065-8995
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajj/56.1.89
Disciplines
Law