Jurisprudence :
BIX, Brian. H.
Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian H Bix. - 7nd ed. - London : Sweet and Maxwell , 2015. - xx, 343 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.293-331) and index(p.333-343)
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.
9780414035652
Jurisprudence-Legal theory
Law-Themes and practices
Jurisprudence-Individual Theories
340.1 / BIX
Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian H Bix. - 7nd ed. - London : Sweet and Maxwell , 2015. - xx, 343 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.293-331) and index(p.333-343)
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.
9780414035652
Jurisprudence-Legal theory
Law-Themes and practices
Jurisprudence-Individual Theories
340.1 / BIX