Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian Bix.
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TextPublication details: London : Sweet &Maxwell c2012Edition: 6th edDescription: xx, 342 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 978-0-414-02298-0Subject(s): Jurisprudence | Law -- Philosophy | LawDDC classification: 340 BIX LOC classification: K230.B5786 | A348 2012| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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