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Readings in the philosophy of law

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  • Contributor: Culver, Keith Charles
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Date:
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    2011
    Summary:

    Readings by writers including: St. Thomas Aquinas, H.L.A. Hart, Ronald Dworkin, Gerald Dworkin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Stuart Mill, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Patrick Devlin, Patricia Smith and Jerome Frank.

    Contents:
    • Pt. I. The idea of law and legal reasoning
    • Natural law theory
    • Legal positivism
    • Integrity
    • Legal realism
    • Recent developments: feminist jurisprudence and critical race theory
    • Pt. II. Law and limits on individual liberty
    • Pt. III. Responsibility
    • Pt. IV. The nature of international law.
    Subject(s): Common law | Law | Law (Philosophical concept) | Philosophy
    Original Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2008
    Language(s): English