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Record Nr.

UNISA996201980203316

Titolo

The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of law and legal theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin P. Golding and William A. Edmundson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-78268-313-5

1-4051-6469-7

1-281-31964-3

9786611319649

0-470-69011-9

0-470-77986-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Blackwell philosophy guides ; ; 18

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldingMartin P <1930-> (Martin Philip)

EdmundsonWilliam A <1948-> (William Atkins)

Disciplina

340.1

340/.1

822.33

Soggetti

Law - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Natural law theory / Mark C. Murphy -- Legal positivism / Brian H. Bix -- American legal realism / Brian Leiter -- Economic rationality in the analysis of legal rules and institutions / Lewis A. Kornhauser -- Critical legal theory / Mark V. Tushnet -- Four themes in feminist legal theory : difference, dominance, domesticity, and denial / Patricia Smith -- Criminal law theory / Douglas Husak -- Philosophy of tort law / Benjamin C. Zipursky -- Contract theory / Eric A. Posner -- The commons and the anticommons in the law and theory of property / Stephen R. Munzer -- Legal evidence / Alvin I. Goldman -- Legal and moral obligation / Matthew H. Kramer -- Theories of rights / Alon Harel -- A contractarian approach to punishment / Claire Finkelstein -- Responsibility / Martin P. Golding -- Legislation / Jeremy J. Waldron -- Constitutionalism / Larry A. Alexander -- Adjudication and legal reasoning / Richard Warner -- Privacy / William A. Edmundson --



Continental perspectives on natural law theory and legal positivism / Jes Bjarup -- Some contemporary trends in continental philosophy of law / Guy Haarscher -- Objectivity / Nicos Stavropoulos -- Can there be a theory of law? / Joseph Raz.

Sommario/riassunto

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory is a handy guide to the state of play in contemporary philosophy of law and legal theory.:.; Comprises 23 essays critical essays on the central themes and issues of the philosophy of law today, written by an international assembly of distinguished philosophers and legal theorists.; Each essay incorporates essential background material on the history and logic of the topic, as well as advancing the arguments.; Represents a wide variety of perspectives on current legal theory