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Bodenheimer Edgar

Jurisprudence : The philosophy and method of the law - London Harvard University Press 1996 - 463p

Contents:
Frontmatter;
PREFACE to the Revised Edition;
PREFACE to the 1962 Edition;
CONTENTS;
PART I HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW;
I GREEK AND ROMAN LEGAL THEORY;
II LEGAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES;
III THE CLASSICAL ERA OF NATURAL LAW;
IV GERMAN TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM;
V HISTORICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES OF LAW;
VI UTILITARIANISM;
VII ANALYTICAL POSITIVISM;
VIII SOCIOLOGICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL REALISM;
IX THE REVIVAL OF NATURAL LAW AND VALUE-ORIENTED JURISPRUDENCE;
PART II THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE LAW;
X THE NEED FOR ORDER;
XI THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE;
XII LAW AS A SYNTHESIS OF ORDER AND JUSTICE;
XIII LAW AS DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER AGENCIES OF SOCIAL CONTROL;
XIV THE BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF THE RULE OF LAW;
PART III THE SOURCES AND TECHNIQUES OF THE LAW;
XV THE FORMAL SOURCES OF THE LAW;
XVI THE NONFORMAL SOURCES OF THE LAW;
XVII LAW AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD;
XVIII THE TECHNIQUES OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS;
TABLE OF CASES ;
INDEX OF NAMES;
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

ISBN: 9780674733107

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Jurisprudence - Legal Philosophy

Dewey Class. No.: 340.100000 / BOD