LEADER 03285oam 2200625I 450 001 9910462220903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-64319-7 010 $a0-203-85547-7 010 $a1-136-99782-2 010 $a1-84314-659-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203855478 035 $a(CKB)2670000000261787 035 $a(EBL)219842 035 $a(OCoLC)815644616 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000795732 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11462880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000795732 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10784412 035 $a(PQKB)11056728 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC219842 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL219842 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10611741 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL395569 035 $a(OCoLC)900422273 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000261787 100 $a20180706d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntroduction to critical legal theory /$fIan Ward 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. :$cRoutledge Cavendish,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-14890-3 311 $a1-85941-928-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Introduction to Critical Legal Theory; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; 1. Identifying Modernism; The classical tradition; Natural law and political theology; Natural law revisited; 2. The Critique of Modernity; The moral self; Neo-Kantianism; The empire of integrity and the moral dominion; 3. The Politics of Community; Communitarianism; The politics of solidarity; Rethinking democracy; 4. The Politics of Positivism; The origins of legal positivism; Liberty, anarchy and the skeptical mind; Utility and the evolution of legal positivism; 5. Law and the Political Economy 327 $aThe challenge of political economics; Marxism, materialism and determinism; Neo-liberalism and economic analysis; 6. Politics, Power and Pragmatism; The politics of decision; History, knowledge and power; Critical legal thinking; 7. Postmodernism and Deconstruction; The politics of the absurd; The turn to deconstruction; Pragmatism and postmodernism; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIntroduction to Critical Legal Theory provides an accessible introduction to the study of law and legal theory. It covers all the seminal movements in classical, modern and postmodern legal thought, engaging the reader with the ideas of jurists as diverse as Aristotle, Hobbes and Kant, Marx, Foucault and Dworkin. At the same time, it impresses the interdisciplinary nature of critical legal thought, introducing the reader to the philosophy, the economics and the politics of law.This new edition focuses even more intently upon the narrative aspect of critical legal thinking an 606 $aLaw$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw$xPhilosophy. 676 $a340/.1 700 $aWard$b Ian$f1963-,$0241818 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462220903321 996 $aIntroduction to critical legal theory$92003277 997 $aUNINA