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Understanding jurisprudence : an introduction to legal theory / Raymond Wacks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 335 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780199608263 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340 WAC.U
Contents:
Introduction -- Natural law and morality -- Classical legal positivism -- Modern legal positivism -- Dworkin and the moral integrity of law -- Legal realism -- Law and social theory -- Historical and anthropological jurisprudence -- Theories of justice -- Rights -- Why obey the law? -- Why punish? -- Critical legal theory -- Feminist and critical race theory -- Jurisprudence understood?
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Book Book Dept. of Law Processing Center Dept. of Law 340 WAC.U (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available LAW4078

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Natural law and morality -- Classical legal positivism -- Modern legal positivism -- Dworkin and the moral integrity of law -- Legal realism -- Law and social theory -- Historical and anthropological jurisprudence -- Theories of justice -- Rights -- Why obey the law? -- Why punish? -- Critical legal theory -- Feminist and critical race theory -- Jurisprudence understood?

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