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.

Understanding Jurisprudence
Understanding Jurisprudence

Author: Denise Meyerson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-02

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1135328455

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Considering general philosophical and theoretical questions about the nature, purpose and operation of law as a whole, this book introduces students to contemporary debates in jurisprudence and encourages them to think in a theoretical and critical way about the nature of law, legal reasoning and adjudication. Discussing wider issues of morality, politics and society with reference to legal cases and examples, it provides as broad a perspective on the law as possible. Key features of this textbook include: introductions to each chapter analysis of how jurisprudential issues can arise in everyday life a wide range of cases to ground the theoretical discussion in-depth discussion of the relationship of law to force, morality and politics, as well as of rights, justice and feminist jurisprudence. The text provides a concise treatment of all the major topics typically covered in an undergraduate course on jurisprudence and succinctly explains the arguments for and against the different approaches to the issues that are raised.

Understanding Jurisprudence
Understanding Jurisprudence

Author: Raymond Wacks

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0199608261

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Perfect for the student new to jurisprudence, this book provides an illuminating introduction to the central questions of legal theory. An experienced teacher of jurisprudence, Professor Wacks' approach is both accessible and entertaining, providing the ideal base for further study.

General Jurisprudence
General Jurisprudence

Author: William Twining

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-02-12

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 113947538X

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This book explores how globalisation influences the understanding of law. Adopting a broad concept of law and a global perspective, it critically reviews mainstream Western traditions of academic law and legal theory. Its central thesis is that most processes of so-called 'globalisation' take place at sub-global levels and that a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law should encompass all levels of social relations and the legal ordering of these relations. It illustrates how the mainstream Western canon of jurisprudence needs to be critically reviewed and extended to take account of other legal traditions and cultures. Written by the one of the foremost scholars in the field, this important work presents an exciting alternative vision of jurisprudence. It challenges the traditional canon of legal theorists and guides the reader through a field undergoing seismic changes in the era of globalisation. This is essential reading for all students of jurisprudence and legal theory.

Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Raymond Wacks

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2014-02-27

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0191510637

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The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life. Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society, illuminating its meaning and its relation to the universal questions of justice, rights, and morality. In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks analyses the nature and purpose of the legal system, and the practice by courts, lawyers, and judges. Wacks reveals the intriguing and challenging nature of legal philosophy with clarity and enthusiasm, providing an enlightening guide to the central questions of legal theory. In this revised edition Wacks makes a number of updates including new material on legal realism, changes to the approach to the analysis of law and legal theory, and updates to historical and anthropological jurisprudence. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence

Author: Brian Bix

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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"A broad overview of the main topics and central issues in legal theory, Jurisprudence provides students with an informative introduction. Academically challenging and often controversial ideas are pre"

Law's Evolution and Human Understanding
Law's Evolution and Human Understanding

Author: Laurence Claus

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-09-27

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0199735093

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Why do people consult the law? Why do we consult lawyers? Law's Evolution and Human Understanding articulates a fresh conception of law that builds on Oliver Wendell Holmes' celebrated insights concerning law's predictive potential. The book considers important implications of this new understanding for how we individually make moral choices, how we read law, and some of the many other ways that law affects our lives.

Justice Kennedy's Jurisprudence
Justice Kennedy's Jurisprudence

Author: Frank J. Colucci

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Examines the judicial philosophy of Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who has been the critical swing vote on the Court for the last 20 years.

Understanding the Nature of Law
Understanding the Nature of Law

Author: Michael Giudice

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1784718815

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Understanding the Nature of Law explores methodological questions about how best to explain law. Among these questions, one is central: is there something about law which determines how it should be theorized? This novel book explains the importance of

Central Issues in Jurisprudence
Central Issues in Jurisprudence

Author: Nigel E. Simmonds

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780421741201

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This second edition has been revised to provide additional coherence to the themes examined and introduces sections on topical issues, for example the chapter on Utilitarianism now includes a discussion on law and economics.