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Jurisprudence
Themes and Concepts
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Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts offers an original introduction to, and critical analysis of, the central themes studied in jurisprudence courses. The book is presented in three parts: the first two contain general themes with corresponding tutorial questions, and the third contains advanced topics. Every chapter in the book gives guidance on further reading.
Accessible, interdisciplinary and socially informed, this book has been revised to take into account the latest developments in jurisprudential scholarship.
Table of Contents
PART I
LAW AND MODERNITY
THE ADVENT OF MODERNITY
1. OVERVIEW
2. SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
HOBBES
LOCKE
ROUSSEAU
3. LAW AND THE RISE OF THE MARKET SYSTEM
4. LAW AND THE POLITICAL
THEORISTS AND CRITICS OF MODERN LAW
5. LAW, CLASS AND CONFLICT: MARX
6. LAW, LEGITIMATION AND RATIONALITY: WEBER
7. LAW, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY: DURKHEIM
TRANFORMATIONS OF MODERN LAW
- THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE RULE OF LAW
- LAW AND GLOBALISATION
TUTORIALS PART I
PART II
LEGAL SYSTEM AND LEGAL REASONING
LEGALITY AND VALIDITY
10. THE DIFFERETIATION OF LAW AND MORALITY
11. IDENTIFYING VALID LAW: THE POSITIVIST THESIS
12. THE CHALLENGE OF NATURAL LAW
THEORIES OF LEGAL REASONING
13. FORMALISM AND RULE-SKEPTICISM
14. THE TURN TO INTERPRETATION
15. THE POLITICS OF LEGAL REASONING
TUTORIALS PART II
ADVANCED SECTIONS
- THEORIES OF JUSTICE
- GLOBAL JUSTICE
- TRANSITIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND HISTORIC INJUSTICES
- TRIALS, FACTS AND NARRATIVES
- DISPLACING THE JURIDICAL
- LEGAL PLURALISM
- LEGAL INSTITUTIONALISM
- LAW AND DECONSTRUCTION
- JURIDIFICATION
- THE AUTOPOIESIS OF LAW
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Author(s)
Biography
Scott Veitch is Paul KC Chung Professor in Jurisprudence at the University of Hong Kong.
Emilios Christodoulidis is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Glasgow.
Marco Goldoni is Senior Lecturer in Legal Theory at the University of Glasgow.