Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

Commentary and Materials

Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther Teubner
James Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

This book provides an accessible introduction to jurisprudence and legal theory. It sets out a course of study that offers a highly effective ...

Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

Commentary and Materials

Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther Teubner
James Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

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This book provides an accessible introduction to jurisprudence and legal theory. It sets out a course of study that offers a highly effective series of introductions into a wide variety of theories and theoretical perspectives, from traditional approaches such as Natural Law to modern ones such as Feminist Theory, Economic Analysis of Law and Foucault and Law,

_ The book is designed for students of jurisprudence and legal theory, but it will also assist those studying law and legal systems within courses on Political Science, Philosophy and Sociology.

Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

Commentary and Materials

Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther Teubner
James Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

Part I.
1.: Approaches to Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, and the Philosophy of Law, James Penner, David Schiff, Richard Nobles
2.: The Evolution of Natural Law, Richard Nobles and David Schiff
3.: Debating with Natural Law: the Emergence of Legal Positivism, Richard Nobles and David Schiff
4.: Modern Positivism: H L A Hart and Analytical Jurisprudence, Nicola Lacey
5.: Modern Positivism: Kelson's Pure Theory of Law, David Schiff
6.: Classical Social Theory and Law, Robert Reiner
7.: Law as Politics: Progressive American Perspectives, Hugh Collins
8.: Law and Adjudication: Dworkin's Critique of Positivism, James Penner
9.: Law as Integrity: Dworkin's Interpretive Turn, James Penner
10.: The Current Debate: The Semantic Sting, 'Soft Positivism', and the Authority of Law according to Raz, James Penner
Introducing Part II.
Extensions and Negations
11.: Disobedience, David Schiff
12.: Punishment, James Penner
13.: Hohfeld and the Analysis of Rights, Hamish Ross
14.: Legal Reasoning, James Penner
15.: Justice, Robert Reiner
16.: Introducing Feminist Legal Theory, Emily Jackson and Nicola Lacey
17.: Economic Analysis of Law, Richard Nobles
18.: The Autonomy of Law: An Introduction to Legal Autopoiesis, Gunther Teubner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff
19.: Foucault and Law, Anne Barron
20.: (Legal) Reason and its 'Others': Some Recent Developments in Legal Theory, Anne Barron
Appendix: A Note to Teachers
Bibliography
Index

Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

Commentary and Materials

Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther Teubner
James Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

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Anne Barron, Lecturer in Law, LSE, Hugh Collins, Professor of English Law, LSE, Emily Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Law, LSE, Nicola Lacey, Professor of Criminal Law, LSE, Robert Reiner, Professor of Criminology, LSE, Hamish Ross, Senior Lecturer in Law, Napier University, sometime Lecturer in Law, LSE, and Gunther Teubner, Professor of Private Law and Legal Sociology, University of Frankfurt, Visiting Centennial Professor, LSE

James Penner, Professor of Property Law, University College London, David Schiff, Reader in Law, LSE, and Richard Nobles, Reader in Law, LSE

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James Penner, David Schiff, Richard Nobles
Richard Nobles and David Schiff
Richard Nobles and David Schiff
Nicola Lacey
David Schiff
Robert Reiner
Hugh Collins
James Penner
James Penner
James Penner
David Schiff
James Penner
Hamish Ross
James Penner
Robert Reiner
Emily Jackson and Nicola Lacey
Richard Nobles
Gunther Teubner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff
Anne Barron
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Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

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Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther TeubnerJames Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

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Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther TeubnerJames Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

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Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

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Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther TeubnerJames Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

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Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory

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Anne Barron, Hugh Collins, Emily Jackson, Nicola Lacey, Robert Reiner, Hamish Ross, and Gunther TeubnerJames Penner, David Schiff, and Richard Nobles

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