The Politics of Jurisprudence: A Critical Introduction to Legal Philosophy / Roger Cotterrell

By: Roger CotterrellMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: United Kingdom: Lexisnexis UK; Oxford University Press,  2009Edition: 2nd EdDescription: 344 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780406930552 DDC classification: 340.1
Contents:
1. Legal philosophy in context ; 2. The theory of common law ; 3. Sovereign and subject: Bentham and Austin ; 4. Analytical jurisprudence and liberal democracy: Hart and Kelson ; 5. The appeal of natural law ; 6. The problem of the creative judge: Pound and Dworkin ; 7. Scepticism and realism ; 8. A jursiprudence of difference: class, gender and race ; 9. The deconstruction and reconstruction of law ; Index
Summary: The Politics of Jurisprudence explores what jurisprudence is about, what it seeks to do, how it does it and - most importantly - how its conclusions can be brought to bear on everyday problems of legal practice and major social, moral or political issues. It selects material to illustrate general approaches to legal theory and to explore professional and political uses to which that theory has been put.
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Includes index.

1. Legal philosophy in context ; 2. The theory of common law ; 3. Sovereign and subject: Bentham and Austin ; 4. Analytical jurisprudence and liberal democracy: Hart and Kelson ; 5. The appeal of natural law ; 6. The problem of the creative judge: Pound and Dworkin ; 7. Scepticism and realism ; 8. A jursiprudence of difference: class, gender and race ; 9. The deconstruction and reconstruction of law ; Index

The Politics of Jurisprudence explores what jurisprudence is about, what it seeks to do, how it does it and - most importantly - how its conclusions can be brought to bear on everyday problems of legal practice and major social, moral or political issues. It selects material to illustrate general approaches to legal theory and to explore professional and political uses to which that theory has been put.

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