Description Table of Contents Description The purpose of this collection is to offer the English-speaking public a selection of writings by the Italian analytical school of legal philosophy and general theory of law. The essays presented are all written by Italian authors who have been deeply influenced by the exceptional figure of Norberto Bobbio, spiritual guide of the school and a philosopher deeply engaged in Italian scientific and political life. The essays were not chosen for having a similar or connected subject. On the contrary, they were selected in order to offer a cross section, as representative as possible, of this philosophical approach. In this way we can see, through the writings of its most prominent advocates, just how vast are the interests, and how varied are the ways of understanding and practicing analytical philosophy, present in Italian legal culture today. Published by Deborah Charles Publications Go to Top Table of Contents Anna Pintore, Introduction Norberto Bobbio, The Science of Law and the Analysis of Language Uberto Scarpelli, Ethics, Language and Reason Giovanni Tarello, Philosophical Analysis and the Theory of Legal Interpretation Enrico Pattaro, Towards a Map of Legal Knowledge Gaetano Carcaterra, The Rules of the Pickwick Club. A Model for the Theory of Law Amedeo G. Conte, Eidetic-Constitutive Rules Alfonso Catania, Acceptance in the Thought of Herbert L. A. Hart Giacomo Gavazzi, In (Partial) Defence of a Predictive Conception of Legal Obligation Giorgio Lazzaro, Law and Ordinary Language Letizia Gianformaggio, On Moral and Legal Justification Riccardo Guastini, Rules, Validity and Statutory Construction Luigi Ferrajoli, The Semantics of the Theory of Law Mario Jori, The Object and Method of Legal Science Andrea Belvedere, Some Observations on the Language of the Italian Civil Code Bibliography Index Go to Top