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Jurisprudence : Theory and context

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Publication details: London Sweet & Maxwell 2003Edition: 3rdDescription: 294p ixISBN:
  • 9780421830103
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.100000 BIX
Contents:
Table of contents Overview; purpose and methodology; Conceptual questions and jurisprudence; HLA 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; Pragmatism and postmodernism.
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Table of contents
Overview;
purpose and methodology;
Conceptual questions and jurisprudence;
HLA 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;
Pragmatism and postmodernism.