Law Express: Jurisprudence

Series
Pearson
Author
Julia J.A. Shaw  
Publisher
Pearson
Cover
Softcover
Edition
3
Language
English
Total pages
176
Pub.-date
July 2018
ISBN13
9781292210278
ISBN
1292210273
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There is extended coverage in Critical legal studies that includes further explanations and updated reference sources.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction viii

Guided tour x

Chapter 1: The nature and scope of jurisprudence 1

Chapter 2: Rights and justice 15

Chapter 3: Law and morality 33

Chapter 4: Classical and modern natural law 47

Chapter 5: Classical and modern legal positivism 63

Chapter 6: Legal realism 81

Chapter 7: Sociological jurisprudence 97

Chapter 8: Critical legal studies 115

And finally, before the exam . . . 135

Glossary of terms 149

Index 158

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Julia J. A. Shaw is a Reader in Law and Literary Jurisprudence at De Montfort University, Leicester.

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Julia J. A. Shaw is a Reader in Law and Literary Jurisprudence at De Montfort University, Leicester.