LEADER 03505oam 2200721I 450 001 9910974163603321 005 20251117092112.0 010 $a9781859419281$b(print) 010 $a9781136997815 010 $a1136997814 010 $a9781283643191 010 $a1283643197 010 $a9780203855478 010 $a0203855477 010 $a9781136997822 010 $a1136997822 010 $a9781843146599 010 $a1843146592 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 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781138148901 311 08$a1138148903 311 08$a9781859419281 311 08$a1859419283 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 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 $a9910974163603321 996 $aIntroduction to critical legal theory$94347703 997 $aUNINA