TY - BOOK AU - Bix,Brian TI - Jurisprudence: theory and context SN - 978-0-414-02298-0 AV - K230.B5786 A348 2012 U1 - 340 BIX 22 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Sweet &Maxwell KW - Jurisprudence KW - Law KW - Philosophy N1 - 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 ER -