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Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian H. Bix.

By: Material type: TextEdition: Seventh editionDescription: xx, 343 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0414035658
  • 9780414035652
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K230  .B57 2015
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library K230 .B57 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donation by the International Law Book Foundation (ILBF) 10203060

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.

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