Jurisprudence theory and context
Bix, Brian H
Jurisprudence theory and context - 6th - London Sweet & Maxwell 2012 - xx,342p. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-328) and index.
Overview, purpose and methodology -- Legal theory : general jurisprudence and conceptual anlysis -- H.L.A. Hart and legal positivism -- Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law -- Natural law theory and John Finnis -- Understanding Lon Fuller -- Ronald Dworkin's interpretive approach -- Justice -- Punishment -- Rights and rights talk -- Will and reason -- Authority, finality and mistake -- Common law reasoning and precedent -- Statutory interpretation and legislative intentions -- Legal enforcement of morality -- The obligation to obey the law -- American legal realism -- Economic analysis of law -- Modern critical perspectives -- Law and literature -- Philosophial foundations of the common law -- Other approaches.
9789381082973
2012025898
Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.
K230.B5786 / A348 2012
340.1 / BI-J
Jurisprudence theory and context - 6th - London Sweet & Maxwell 2012 - xx,342p. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-328) and index.
Overview, purpose and methodology -- Legal theory : general jurisprudence and conceptual anlysis -- H.L.A. Hart and legal positivism -- Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law -- Natural law theory and John Finnis -- Understanding Lon Fuller -- Ronald Dworkin's interpretive approach -- Justice -- Punishment -- Rights and rights talk -- Will and reason -- Authority, finality and mistake -- Common law reasoning and precedent -- Statutory interpretation and legislative intentions -- Legal enforcement of morality -- The obligation to obey the law -- American legal realism -- Economic analysis of law -- Modern critical perspectives -- Law and literature -- Philosophial foundations of the common law -- Other approaches.
9789381082973
2012025898
Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.
K230.B5786 / A348 2012
340.1 / BI-J