Philosophy of law
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Mark Tebbit.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Law -- Philosophy
Description: Assuming no prior knowledge of philosophy or law, the author eases readers into the key theories of law and links these to key philosophical questions often encountered in the study of law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
Table of contents: title: Morality, justice, and natural law; title: Early positivism and legal realism; title: Modern positivism and its critics; title: Contemporary theories of law; title: Law and modernity; title: Authority and obligation; title: Legal and moral rights; title: Liberty, privacy, and tolerance; title: Modernity and the reach of the law; title: Responsibility and guilt; title: Insanity and diminished responsibility; title: Theories of punishment; title: Crime and modernity.