Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

Author: Anne Barron

Publisher:

Published: 2002-08-13

Total Pages: 1234

ISBN-13:

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This text lays out a course of study combining the traditional subject matter of jurisprudence with a series of introductions to a variety of other theoretical perspectives. It is designed for those taking jurisprudence/legal theory courses, and political science, philosophy and sociology students.

Normative Jurisprudence
Normative Jurisprudence

Author: Robin West

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-22

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1139504126

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Normative Jurisprudence aims to reinvigorate normative legal scholarship that both criticizes positive law and suggests reforms for it, on the basis of stated moral values and legalistic ideals. It looks sequentially and in detail at the three major traditions in jurisprudence – natural law, legal positivism and critical legal studies – that have in the past provided philosophical foundations for just such normative scholarship. Over the last fifty years or so, all of these traditions, although for different reasons, have taken a number of different turns – toward empirical analysis, conceptual analysis or Foucaultian critique – and away from straightforward normative criticism. As a result, normative legal scholarship – scholarship that is aimed at criticism and reform – is now lacking a foundation in jurisprudential thought. The book criticizes those developments and suggests a return, albeit with different and in many ways larger challenges, to this traditional understanding of the purpose of legal scholarship.

Understanding Jurisprudence
Understanding Jurisprudence

Author: Raymond Wacks

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780199272587

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Understanding Jurisprudence explores the concept of law and its role within society. Detailing both the traditional and modern jurisprudential theories Raymond Wacks clearly relates these often complex arguments to the nature and purpose of our current legal systems. This book reveals the intriguing and challenging nature of jurisprudence with clarity and enthusiasm. Without avoiding the complexities and subtleties of the subject, the author provides an illuminating guide to the central questions of legal theory. An experienced teacher of jurisprudence and distinguished writer in the field, his approach is stimulating, accessible, and entertaining.

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence
A New Introduction to Jurisprudence

Author: Paul Cliteur

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-28

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0429655487

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A New Introduction to Jurisprudence takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of ‘liberal democracy’ or ‘constitutional democracy’. In five chapters the book analyses: (i) the idea of higher law, (ii) liberal democracy as a legitimate model for the state, (iii) the separation of church and state or secularism as essential for the democratic state, (iv) the universality of higher law principles, (v) the history of modern political thought. This interdisciplinary approach to jurisprudence is relevant for legal scholars, philosophers, political theorists, public intellectuals, historians, and politicians.

Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence
Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence

Author: Michael D. A. Freeman

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1590

ISBN-13:

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Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence is well established as the leading textbook on the subject. In this edition extracts have been selected from the works of more than a hundred jurists. These are supported by detailed introductory sections which give background and critical insight into the texts. This text brings together in one book a wide variety of materials which would otherwise be difficult to obtain. It also contains substantial text by way of commentary. This enables students and teachers worldwide to find, comprehend and evaluate the essential material in one of the most difficult and rewarding subjects in the syllabus.

International Law
International Law

Author: Malcolm N. Shaw

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-25

Total Pages: 1452

ISBN-13: 9781139438643

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This fifth edition of Malcolm Shaw's bestselling textbook on international law provides a clear, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the subject, fully revised and updated to Spring 2003. Basically preserving the structure which made the previous edition so successful, a new chapter on Inter-state Courts and Tribunals considers the role of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and there is a new chapter on international humanitarian law. Also examined are arbitration tribunals and the role of international institutions such as the WTO in resolving conflicts. The prosecution of individuals for violations of international law is examined. Additional coverage of events in Kosovo and Iraq analyses the questions of humanitarian intervention and the role of the UN. Written in a clear and accessible style, setting the subject firmly in the context of world politics and the economic and cultural influences affecting it, this book remains a highly readable and invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike. The scope of the text makes this essential reading for students of international law, international relations and the political sciences. The book is also valuable to professionals and governmental and international civil servants.