Plato's legal postivism in the Laws

Hatzistavrou, Antony

Abstract

In this paper, the author reassesses the place of Plato’s Laws in the history of legal thought. In virtue of the account of law that he presents in the Laws, Plato has been traditionally credited with a natural law theory of law. The author challenges that ‘orthodox’ interpretation and argues that in the Laws Plato presents an account of the nature of law that belongs to the tradition of legal positivism.

Citation

Hatzistavrou, A. (2018). Plato's legal postivism in the Laws. Jurisprudence, 9(2), 209-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2016.1268445

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jan 16, 2017
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 14, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 14, 2016
• Journal: Jurisprudence
• Print ISSN: 2040-3313
• Electronic ISSN: 2040-3321
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 209-235
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2016.1268445
• Keywords: Plato; Laws; Legal positivism; Natural law; Human agency
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/445098
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20403313.2016.1268445
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Jurisprudence, 2018. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.