Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

Name: Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory
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ISBN: 9780631228325

ISBN-10: 0631228322

ISBN-13: 9780631228325

Edition: 2005

Authors: Martin P. Golding, William A. Edmundson

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A complete critical survey of the central themes and issues of the philosophy of law today. Focusing and advancing key arguments throughout, each essay incorporates essential background material serving to clarify the history and logic of the relevant topic.

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/12/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Introduction




Contending Schools of Thought



Natural Law Theory




Legal Positivism




American Legal Realism




Economic Rationality in the Analysis of Legal Rules and Institutions




Critical Legal Theory




Four Themes in Feminist Legal Theory: Difference, Dominance, Domesticity, and Denial




Doctrinal Domains and their Philosophical Foundations



Criminal Law Theory




Philosophy of Tort Law




Contract Theory




The Commons and the Anticommons in the Law and Theory of Property




Legal Evidence




Perennial Topics



Legal and Moral Obligation




Theories of Rights




A Contractarian Approach to Punishment




Responsibility




Legislation




Constitutionalism




Adjudication and Legal Reasoning




Privacy




Continental Perspectives



Continental Perspectives on Natural Law Theory and Legal Positivism




Some Contemporary Trends in Continental Philosophy of Law




Methodological Concerns



Objectivity




Can There Be a Theory of Law?



Index