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The Politics of Jurisprudence A Critical Introduction to Legal Philosophy
By
Roger Cotterrell
Reviews
Both a useful introduction for law
students and a valuable and provative contribution to scholarship in
the field...Cotterrell is one of the rare scholars who can discuss
difficult ideas and arguments in a way fully accessible even to those
new to theory\".\\\' - International Journal of Law in Context
Description
Readership: The first edition was
widely used as a student text. In response, Roger Cotterrell has
opened up his approach in this second edition to address the most
important areas of theory that have become prominent since its
original publication.
Contents
1. Legal philosophy in context
2. The theory of common law
3. Sovereign and subject: Bentham and
Austin
4. Analytical jurisprudence and liberal
democracy: Hart and Kelson
5. The appeal of natural law
6. The problem of the creative judge:
Pound and Dworkin
7. Scepticism and realism
8. A jursiprudence of difference:
class, gender and race
9. The deconstruction and
reconstruction of law
Index
Authors, editors, and contributors
Roger Cotterrell, Professor of
Legal Theory, University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College
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