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    Modern jurisprudence : a philosophical guide / Sean Coyle.

    • Title:Modern jurisprudence : a philosophical guide / Sean Coyle.
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    • Author/Creator:Coyle, Sean, author.
    • Published/Created:Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing, 2014.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Jurisprudence.
      Law--Philosophy--History--20th century.
    • Description:xii, 261 pages ; 23 cm
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781849460248
      1849460248
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Justice, Law and History
      Morality
      History
      Law
      Situating Jurisprudence
      pt. ONE FOUNDATIONS
      2. Origins of the Western Jurisprudential Tradition
      Basic Division
      Aristotelian Political Thought
      Abandonment of Aristotle
      Suggested Reading
      3. Emergence of `Modern' Political Thought
      Hobbes's View of the Human Condition
      Law and Society
      Political Context of Leviathan
      Divided Inheritance
      Suggested Reading
      4. Images of Law from Grotius to Kant
      Development of Legal Science from Grotius to Kant
      New Framework
      Suggested Reading
      pt. TWO DEBATES
      5. Positive Law, Positive Justice: Hart
      Basic Dimensions of Hart's Positivism
      Nature of Law
      Law and Morality
      Suggested Reading
      6. Justice in the `Real World': Dworkin
      Philosopher-Judge
      Could the Law be an Expression of Something Other than `Integrity'?
      Objectivity, Truth and Scepticism
      Philosopher-Kings and Philosopher-Judges
      Suggested Reading
      7. Justice and the Liberal State: Rawls
      Rational Reflection and Questions of Method
      Problem of Justice
      First Principle of Justice
      Second Principle
      Basic Structure in Context
      Suggested Reading
      8. Justice and the Common Good: Finnis
      Introducing the Political Philosophy
      Basic Goods
      Status of Practical Reasonableness
      Order, Community and Justice
      Justice and Rights
      Overall Direction of Finnis's Account
      Suggested Reading
      9. Justice and Legality: Fuller
      Legality and Justice
      Justice and the Institutional Reality of Law
      Eunomics
      The Theory of Good Order
      Direction of Fuller's Thought
      Suggested Reading
      10. Justice and Legal Order: Further Reflections
      Natural Right and Natural Law
      Origin of the Law's Authority
      Legal Order and Positive Law
      Summing Up
      Suggested Reading
      11. Conclusions?.
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