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A companion to philosophy of law and legal theory

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Publication details: Oxford Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 1996Description: 602p xiiISBN:
  • 9781405170062
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.100000 PAT
Contents:
able of contents List of Contributors xi; Preface xiv; Introduction; 1 Part I: Areas of Law 7 1 Property Law 9 Jeremy Waldron; 2 Contract 29 Peter Benson; 3 Tort Law 64 Stephen R. Perry; 4 Criminal Law 90 Leo Katz; 5 Public International Law 103 Philip Bobbitt; 6 Constitutional Law and Religion 119 Perry Dane; 7 Constitutional Law and Interpretation 132 Philip Bobbitt; 8 Constitutional Law and Privacy 145 Anita L. Allen; 9 Constitutional Law and Equality 160 Maimon Schwarzschild; 10 Evidence 177 John Jackson and Sean Doran; 11 Interpretation of Statutes 188 William N. Eskridge, Jr.; 12 Confl ict of Laws 197 Perry Dane; Part II: Contemporary Schools and Perspectives 209; 13 Natural Law Theory 211 Brian Bix; 14 Legal Positivism 228 Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter; 15 American Legal Realism 249 Brian Leiter; 16 Critical Legal Studies 267 Guyora Binder; 17 Postrealism and Legal Process 279 Neil Duxbury; 18 Feminist Jurisprudence 290 Patricia Smith; 19 Law and Economics 299 Jon Hanson, Kathleen Hanson, and Melissa Hart; 20 Legal Formalism 327 Ernest J. Weinrib; 21 German Legal Philosophy and Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 339 Alexander Somek; 22 Marxist Theory of Law 350 Alan Hunt; 23 Deconstruction 361 Jack M. Balkin; 24 Law and Society 368 Brian Z. Tamanaha; 25 Postmodernism 381 Dennis Patterson; 26 Kantian Legal Philosophy 392 Arthur Ripstein; 27 Legal Pragmatism 406 Richard Warner; Part III: Topics and Disciplines 415; 28 Law and Its Normativity 417 Roger A. Shiner; 29 Law and Literature 446 Thomas Morawetz; 30 The Duty to Obey the Law 457 M. B. E. Smith; 31 Legal Enforcement of Morality 467 Kent Greenawalt; 32 Indeterminacy 479 Lawrence B. Solum; 33 Precedent 493 Larry Alexander; 34 Punishment and Responsibility 504 George P. Fletcher; 35 Loyalty 513 George P. Fletcher; 36 Coherence 521 Ken Kress; 37 The Welfare State 539 Sanford Levinson; 38 Legal Scholarship 548 Edward L. Rubin; 39 Authority of Law 559 Vincent A. Wellman; 40 Analogical Reasoning 571 Jefferson White; 41 Risk 578 John Oberdiek; 42 Regulatory Theory 590 Matthew D. Adler; 43 Methodology 607 Andrew Halpin; 44 Overcriminalization 621 Douglas Husak; 45 Intention 632 Kimberly Kessler Ferzan; 46 Coercion 642 Grant Lamond; 47 Unjust Enrichment 654 Ernest J. Weinrib; 48 The Ideal of the Rule of Law 666 Andrei Marmor; Index 675
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able of contents
List of Contributors xi;
Preface xiv;
Introduction;
1 Part I: Areas of Law 7 1 Property Law 9 Jeremy Waldron;
2 Contract 29 Peter Benson;
3 Tort Law 64 Stephen R. Perry;
4 Criminal Law 90 Leo Katz;
5 Public International Law 103 Philip Bobbitt;
6 Constitutional Law and Religion 119 Perry Dane;
7 Constitutional Law and Interpretation 132 Philip Bobbitt;
8 Constitutional Law and Privacy 145 Anita L. Allen;
9 Constitutional Law and Equality 160 Maimon Schwarzschild;
10 Evidence 177 John Jackson and Sean Doran;
11 Interpretation of Statutes 188 William N. Eskridge, Jr.;
12 Confl ict of Laws 197 Perry Dane;
Part II: Contemporary Schools and Perspectives 209;
13 Natural Law Theory 211 Brian Bix;
14 Legal Positivism 228 Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter;
15 American Legal Realism 249 Brian Leiter;
16 Critical Legal Studies 267 Guyora Binder;
17 Postrealism and Legal Process 279 Neil Duxbury;
18 Feminist Jurisprudence 290 Patricia Smith;
19 Law and Economics 299 Jon Hanson, Kathleen Hanson, and Melissa Hart;
20 Legal Formalism 327 Ernest J. Weinrib;
21 German Legal Philosophy and Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 339 Alexander Somek;
22 Marxist Theory of Law 350 Alan Hunt;
23 Deconstruction 361 Jack M. Balkin;
24 Law and Society 368 Brian Z. Tamanaha;
25 Postmodernism 381 Dennis Patterson;
26 Kantian Legal Philosophy 392 Arthur Ripstein;
27 Legal Pragmatism 406 Richard Warner;
Part III: Topics and Disciplines 415;
28 Law and Its Normativity 417 Roger A. Shiner;
29 Law and Literature 446 Thomas Morawetz;
30 The Duty to Obey the Law 457 M. B. E. Smith;
31 Legal Enforcement of Morality 467 Kent Greenawalt;
32 Indeterminacy 479 Lawrence B. Solum;
33 Precedent 493 Larry Alexander;
34 Punishment and Responsibility 504 George P. Fletcher;
35 Loyalty 513 George P. Fletcher;
36 Coherence 521 Ken Kress;
37 The Welfare State 539 Sanford Levinson;
38 Legal Scholarship 548 Edward L. Rubin;
39 Authority of Law 559 Vincent A. Wellman;
40 Analogical Reasoning 571 Jefferson White;
41 Risk 578 John Oberdiek;
42 Regulatory Theory 590 Matthew D. Adler;
43 Methodology 607 Andrew Halpin;
44 Overcriminalization 621 Douglas Husak;
45 Intention 632 Kimberly Kessler Ferzan;
46 Coercion 642 Grant Lamond;
47 Unjust Enrichment 654 Ernest J. Weinrib;
48 The Ideal of the Rule of Law 666 Andrei Marmor;
Index 675