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Joseph Raz

Joseph Raz

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Joseph Raz
Full nameJoseph Raz
Born21 March 1939 (1939-03-21) (age 72)Palestine
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolLegal positivism
Liberalism
Main interestsLegal philosophy
Political philosophy
Joseph Raz (Hebrew: יוסף רז‎; born 21 March 1939) is a legal, moral and political philosopher. He is one of the most prominent advocates of legal positivism. He has spent most of his career as professor of philosophy of law and a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and simultaneously as professor of law at Columbia University Law School. Raz is currently a visiting professor at Kings College London. Several of Raz's students have become important legal and moral philosophers.

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