Why The Axioms and Theorems of Arithmetic are not Legal Norms |
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| Authors: | Kramer Matthew H |
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| Institution: | Correspondence: * Professor of Legal & Political Philosophy, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. Email: mhkll{at}hermes.cam.ac.uk. |
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| Abstract: | Ronald Dworkin has long criticized legal positivists for theirefforts to distinguish between legal and non-legal standardsof conduct that are incumbent on people. Recently, Dworkin hasbroached this criticism in his hostile account of the debatesbetween Incorporationist Legal Positivists and Exclusive LegalPositivists. Specifically, he has maintained that Incorporationistscannot avoid the unpalatable conclusion that the axioms andtheorems of arithmetic are legal norms. This article shows whysuch a conclusion is indeed avoidable and why Dworkin's criticismis therefore wide of the mark. |
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