Normative Powers (revised)

17 Pages Posted: 26 May 2019 Last revised: 28 Oct 2019

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Joseph Raz

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law; Columbia University - Law School; King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law

Date Written: July 1, 2019

Abstract

The paper provides an analysis of normative powers as the ability to change a normative condition, and distinguishes and analyse several kinds of such powers. The revision affects mainly the analysis of such types. The main theses of the paper concern the distinction between basic from chained powers and the account of the relations between the normative powers and the values which explain and justify their existence. It ends by showing the connection between the thesis that values depend on human nature and culture and the dependence of normative powers on justifying reasons.

Keywords: power as ability, normative power, normative change, power and its value

Suggested Citation

Raz, Joseph, Normative Powers (revised) (July 1, 2019). Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 36/2019, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-629, King's College London Law School Research Paper 26-2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3379368. or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3379368

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