Modern Jurisprudence

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This book provides a concise and accessible guide to modern jurisprudence, offering an examination of the major theories and systematicdiscussion of themes such as legality and justice.

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Full title :Modern Jurisprudence.

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This book provides a concise and accessible guide to modern jurisprudence, offering an examination of the major theories and systematicdiscussion of themes such as legality and justice.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hart Publishing
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 ressource en ligne

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ISBN:1849467501, 9781849467506
oclc:on1285505431
LC Classification:K230.C69
Dewey Decimal:340.1

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Justice, Law and History; Morality; History; Law; Situating Jurisprudence; PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS; 2. Origins of the Western Jurisprudential Tradition; A Basic Division; Aristotelian Political Thought; The Abandonment of Aristotle; Suggested Reading; 3. The Emergence of 'Modern' Political Thought; Hobbes's View of the Human Condition; Law and Society; The Political Context of Leviathan; A Divided Inheritance; Suggested Reading; 4. Images of Law fromGrotius to Kant.

Natural Right and Natural LawThe Origin of the Law's Authority; LegalOrder and Positive Law; Summing Up; Suggested Reading; 11. Conclusions?; Index.

The Development of Legal Science from Grotius to KantA New Framework; Suggested Reading; PART TWO: DEBATES; 5. Positive Law, Positive Justice: Hart; The Basic Dimensions of Hart's Positivism; The Nature of Law; Law and Morality; Suggested Reading; 6. Justice in the 'Real World': Dworkin; The Philosopher-Judge; Could the Law be an Expression of Something Other than 'Integrity'?; Objectivity, Truth and Scepticism; Philosopher-Kings and Philosopher-Judges; Suggested Reading; 7. Justice and the Libera…