Jurisprudence: Theory and Context

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Description
This book derives from efforts over the course of two decades to teach jurisprudence: in particular, the struggle to explain some of the more difficult ideas in the area in a way that could be understood by those new to the field, without at the same time simplifying the ideas to the point of distortion. This text is grounded in a combination of frustrations: the frustration I sometimes feel as a teacher, when I m unable to get across the beauty and subtlety of the great writers in legal theory; and the frustration my students sometimes feel, when they are unable to understand me, due to my inability to explain the material in terms they can comprehend.
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Contents
Part A — Legal Theory : Problems and Possibilities
Chapter 1    :    Overview, Purpose and Methodology
Chapter 2    :    Legal Theory : General Jurisprudence and Conceptual Analysis
Part B — Individual Theories about the Nature of Law
Chapter 3    :    H. L. a. Hart and Legal Positivism
Chapter 4    :    Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law
Chapter 5    :    Natural Law Theory and John Finnis
Chapter 6    :    Understanding Lon Fuller
Chapter 7    :    Ronald Dworkin's Interpretive Approach
Part C — Themes and Principles
Chapter 8    :    Justice
Chapter 9    :    Punishment
Chapter 10  :    Rights and Rights Talk
Chapter 11  :    Will and Reason
Chapter 12  :    Authority, Finality and Mistake
Chapter 13  :    Common Law Reasoning and Precedent
Chapter 14  :    Statutory Interpretation and Legislative
Chapter 15  :    Legal Enforcement of Morality
Chapter 16  :    The Obligation to Obey the Law
Part D — Modern Perspectives on Legal Theory
Chapter 17  :    American legal Realism
Chapter 18  :    Economic Analysis of Law
Chapter 19  :     Modern Critical Perspectives
Chapter 20  :    Law and Literature
Chapter 21  :    Philosophical Foundations of the Common Law
Chapter 22  :    Other Approaches
Bibliography
Index
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Author Details
Brian H Bix