Routledge
338 pages
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.
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
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
