Nicole Roughan (University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law) has posted The Relative Authority of Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
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A key challenge facing philosophers of law is to account for the increasing significance of inter-state, supra-state, and non-state law. This paper suggests that these instances of law cannot simply be treated as marginal interests in ‘legal pluralism,’ because they unsettle conventional understandings of law’s authority. I argue that the plurality of law in practice requires a ‘pluralist jurisprudence,’ and I offer a theory of legal authority in which authority is plural and relative rather than singular and exclusive. The concept of relative authority can help overcome the obstacles to pluralist jurisprudence, and serve as a building block for a pluralist theory of law.
Interesting & recommended.
