Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Commentary and Materials

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OUP, Aug 13, 2002 - Law - 1171 pages
This text lays out a course of study which combines both the traditional subject matter of jurisprudence with a series of introductions into a variety of other theoretical perspectives. The editor and contributors to the book are all members of the LSE law department who teach or have taught on the LSE undergraduate jurisprudence course and who also are legal theorists in their own right. This text is designed to be relevant to those taking jurisprudence/legal theory courses and political science, philosophy and sociology students doing optional subjects addressing the law and legal systems. More than a simple compilation of key extracts from the work of leading jurists, it seeks coverage of many of the major areas of jurisprudence and legal theory through a set of themed chapters whose narrative content flows continuously through commentary and extract alike.

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Contents

The Evolution of Natural Law
35
Debating with Natural Law the Emergence of Legal Positivism
91
Modern Positivism H LA Hart and Analytical Jurisprudence
143
Copyright

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James Penner, Professor of Property Law, University College LondonDavid Schiff, Reader in Law, LSERichard Nobles, Reader in Law, LSEAnne Barron, Lecturer in Law, LSEHugh Collins, Professor of English Law, LSEEmily Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Law, LSENicola Lacey, Professor of Criminal Law, LSERobert Reiner, Professor of Criminology, LSEHamish Ross, Senior Lecturer in Law, Napier University, sometime Lecturer in Law, LSEGunther Teubner, Professor of Private Law and Legal Sociology, University of Frankfurt, Visiting Centennial Professor, LSE

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