Legal norms and normativity an essay in genealogy legal theory today by sylvie delacroix 2006 10 01 delacroix sylvie books amazonca. Legal norms and normativity an essay in genealogy legal theory today by sylvie delacroix 2006 10 01 books amazonca. Legal norms and normativityt maksymilian del mar there are two central philosophical influences on this short and provocative first book by sylvie delacroix legal norms and normativity an essay in genealogy the first is that of constructivism about values and the second is that of the genealogical method both influences are offered as . The idea of a legal norm is traditionally associated with two characteristic features on the one hand legal norms purport to bind us and they must be minimally successful in that endeavour if they are to exist as a legal system on the other hand legal systems are social artifacts and the legal norms composing them are made by men and women according to the accidents of history. This book offers a genealogical explanation of laws normativity the term genealogical conveys a commitment to a non metaphysical type of enquiry while it explains how law as a normative phenomenon comes about it does not seek to ground laws normativity in anything but the context of social interaction giving rise to it