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Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian Bix.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London : Sweet and Maxwell, c1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 274 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.1 22 BIX
Contents:
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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Books Hamu Mukasa Library - Law and Science section; Level 3 Closed Access l Short Loan 340.1 BIX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 110264

Includes bibliographical references (p.287-321) and index(p.261-274)

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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