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082	0	0	_a340 _bTWI.G
100	1		_aTwining, William L.
245	1	0	_aGeneral jurisprudence : _bunderstanding law from a global perspective / _cWilliam Twining.
260			_aCambridge, UK ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2009.
300			_axxiii, 517 p. ;
490	1		_aLaw in context
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [452]-504) and index.
505	0		_aJurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : the need for a new general jurisprudence -- Analytical jurisprudence in a global context -- Mapping law : families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions -- Constructing conceptions of law : beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn -- Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice -- Human rights as moral, political and legal rights -- Meeting the challenges to human rights as moral rights: Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen -- Empirical dimensions of law and justice -- Diffusion of law : a global perspective -- Surface law -- Is law important? : law and the millennium development goals -- The significance of non-state law -- Human rights : southern voices -- Conclusion -- Some basic concepts -- Elusive isms : instrumentalism, pluralism, scientism, realism -- Law teaching as a vocation.
650		0	_aJurisprudence.
650		0	_aLaw
650		0	_aLaw and globalization.
650		0	_aLegal positivism.
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008053264-t.html
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008053264-d.html
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008053264-b.html
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