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• Title:Jurisprudence : theory and context / Brian H. Bix.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bix, Brian, author.
  
• Published/Created:London : Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 2019.
  ©2019
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K230.B5786 A348 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Jurisprudence.
  Law--Philosophy.
  
• Medical Subjects: Jurisprudence
  
• Edition:Eighth edition.
  
• Description:xix, 353 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:An excellent introduction to jurisprudence, explaining the often complex and difficult ideas in legal philosophy clearly and concisely, but without over-simplification. This book will engage readers with the fundamental themes in legal philosophy and the foremost legal theorists, and equip the reader with the tools and knowledge to delve deeper. This edition brings the discussion up-to-date, taking into account the most recent scholarly work.
  
• Notes:Includes table of cases.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-339) and index.
  
• ISBN:0414060024 paperback
  9780414060029 paperback
  
• Contents:Overview, purpose and methodology
  Legal theory : general jurisprudence and conceptual analysis
  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
  Philosophical foundations of the common law
  Other approaches.