Jurisprudence
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2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-61483-2 (ISBN)
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Jurisprudence is about the nature of law and justice. It embraces studies and theories from a range of disciplines such as history, sociology, political science, philosophy, psychology and even economics. Jurisprudence introduces and critically discusses the major traditions of jurisprudence, covering a wide range of views in an accessible style.
Jurisprudence is about the nature of law and justice. It embraces studies and theories from a range of disciplines such as history, sociology, political science, philosophy, psychology and even economics. Why do people obey the law? How does law serve society? What is law's relation to morality? What is the nature of rights? This book introduces and critically discusses the major traditions of jurisprudence. Written in a lucid and accessible style, Suri Ratnapala considers a wide range of views, bringing conceptual clarity to the debates at hand. From Plato and Aristotle to the medieval scholastics, from Enlightenment thinkers to postmodernists and economic analysts of law, this important volume examines the great philosophical debates and gives insight into the central questions concerning law and justice.
Jurisprudence is about the nature of law and justice. It embraces studies and theories from a range of disciplines such as history, sociology, political science, philosophy, psychology and even economics. Why do people obey the law? How does law serve society? What is law's relation to morality? What is the nature of rights? This book introduces and critically discusses the major traditions of jurisprudence. Written in a lucid and accessible style, Suri Ratnapala considers a wide range of views, bringing conceptual clarity to the debates at hand. From Plato and Aristotle to the medieval scholastics, from Enlightenment thinkers to postmodernists and economic analysts of law, this important volume examines the great philosophical debates and gives insight into the central questions concerning law and justice.
Suri Ratnapala is Professor of Public Law at the University of Queensland.
1. Introduction; 2. British legal positivism; 3. Germanic legal positivism: Hans Kelsen's quest for the pure theory of law; 4. Realism in legal theory; 5. Natural law tradition in jurisprudence; 6. Separation of law and morality; 7. Sociological jurisprudence and the sociology of law; 8. Radical jurisprudence: challenges to liberal legal theory; 9. Economic analysis of law; 10. Evolutionary jurisprudence; 11. Fundamental legal conceptions: the building blocks of legal norms; 12. Justice.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-61483-X / 052161483X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-61483-2 / 9780521614832 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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