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Understanding jurisprudence : an introduction to legal theory / Raymond Wacks, BA, LLB, LLM, LLd, MLitt, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xx, 380 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780198723868 (pbk.)
  • 0198723865 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 340
LOC classification:
  • K230.W29 A38 2015
Contents:
What's it all about? -- Natural law and morality -- Classical legal positivism -- Modern legal positivism -- Dworkin and the moral integrity of law -- Legal realism -- Law and social theory -- Historical and anthropological jurisprudence -- Theories of justice -- Rights -- Why obey the law? -- Why punish? -- Critical legal theory -- Feminist and critical race theory -- Jurisprudence understood?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What's it all about? -- Natural law and morality -- Classical legal positivism -- Modern legal positivism -- Dworkin and the moral integrity of law -- Legal realism -- Law and social theory -- Historical and anthropological jurisprudence -- Theories of justice -- Rights -- Why obey the law? -- Why punish? -- Critical legal theory -- Feminist and critical race theory -- Jurisprudence understood?

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