TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bix,Brian
TI  - Jurisprudence: theory and context 
U1  - 340.1 22
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - Sweet and Maxwell
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Law
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 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
ER  -