Understanding jurisprudence an introduction to legal theory
By: Raymond Wacks.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780199532124
Subjects: Jurisprudence; Law -- Philosophy
Description: 'Understanding Jurisprudence', for those studying the subject for the first time, provides a balanced overview of traditional legal theories including Natural Law, Classical Legal Positivism and Realism, and more modern theories including Feminism, Postmodernism, Critical Race and Critical Legal theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Law and morals; title: Classical legal positivism; title: Modern legal positivism; title: Law as integrity; title: Legal realism; title: Law and social theory; title: Historical and anthropological jurisprudence; title: Justice; title: Rights; title: The duty to obey the law; title: Punishment; title: Critical legal theory; title: Feminist and critical race theory.