Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

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Description
This precise treatise on jurisprudence and legal theory incorporates all new developments on the subject. The learned author has tried his best to summarise and give the substance of the theories of great ancient and modern jurists. Relevant first principles of law have also been distilled from modern cases.
The book is divided into three parts:
1.   Principles of Jurisprudence
2.   Elements of Law, and
3.   Legal Theories
This edition of the book includes an exhaustively revised chapter on precedents, incorporating the modern doctrines of prospective overruling and others. The work also discusses various other important topics like the Writ of Habeas corpus, Rights of Government and Persons in Contract, Tort, Service Matters, Sale of Goods, Matrimonial Remedies, etc. The learned author has also discussed the divisions of Law and Public Policy with the help of foreign rulings in the Appendix.
The book covers the complete syllabus of jurisprudence and legal theory of different universities; and principles that ought to be known by lawyers and every enlightened citizen.
Contents
Part I - Principles of Jurisprudence
1.    Introduction
2.    Kinds of Law
3.    Civil Law
4.    Question of Fact and of Law
5.    The Territorial Nature of Law
6.    Law and Enquiry
7.    General Laws and Special Laws
8.    The Administration of Justice
9.    Presumptions
10.  State
11.  Austinian Theory of Law and Sovereignty
12.  Sources of Law
13.  Legislation
14.  Precedents
15.  Custom
16.  Professional Opinion
Part II - Elements of Law
17.  Legal Rights
18.  Classification or Kinds of Legal Rights
19.  Ownership
20.  Possession
21.  Persons
22.  Titles
23.  Liability
24.  Intention
25.  Negligence
26.  Wrong of Strict Liability
27.  The Law of Property
28.  Modes of Acquisition
29.  The Law of Obligations
30.  The Law of Procedure
31.  Principles of Evidence
32.  Jurisprudence of Interest
Part III - Legal Theories
33.  Early History
34.  History of Natural Law
35.  Modern Sociological Theories of Law
36.  Pragmatic Positivism
37.  Social Development and Legal Theory
38.  German Philosophical Ideals and the Problems
39.  Legal Values of Modern Democracy
40.  Economic Approach to Law
41.  Law, Justice and Social Morality
Appendices
I. Division of the Law
    Private and Public Law
    Civil and Criminal Law
    Substantive Law and the Law of Procedure
II. Public Policy
Subject Index
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Author Details
Prof. P.S. Atchuthen Pillai, M.A., M.L., Former Principal, Government Law Colleges at Trivandrum and Ernakulam and J.S.S. Law College at Dharwar and Hubli, Ex – Professor of Law, Karnataka University, Dharwar
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