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Bix, Brian,

Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian H. Bix. - Seventh edition. - xx, 343 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-331) and index.

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.

This title explores and integrates models of practice and negotiation, examines strategies and provides precedents.Assists practitioners, policy makers and the judiciary in addressing the issues affecting practice.

ISBN: 0414035658 9780414035652

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB587157 bnb GBB587157. bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017414310 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.
Rechtsphilosophie
Rechtstheorie
Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: K230 / .B57 2015