TY - BOOK AU - Bix,Brian TI - Jurisprudence: theory and context SN - 0414035658 AV - K230 .B57 2015 KW - Jurisprudence KW - Law KW - Philosophy KW - Rechtsphilosophie KW - gnd KW - Rechtstheorie KW - fast N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -