Legal theory / Ian McLeod.

By: McLeod, T. I. (T. Ian)Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Edition: 6th edDescription: xv, 242 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780230362048 (pbk.); 0230362044 (pbk.)Subject(s): Law -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 340.1 Online resources: WorldCat Details

Contents:

TOC The nature of legal theory : from laws to law -- An overview of the relationship between law and morality -- The natural law tradition -- English analytical positivism -- Kelsen's hierarchy of norms -- The revival of natural law : Fuller and Finnis -- Policies, principles, rights and interpretation : Dworkin's theory of law -- American realism -- Critical perspectives on law -- Theories of justice -- Law and morality.

Summary: "Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Legal Theory asks questions such as these and explains some of the answers that legal theorists have given over the ages, from Ancient Greece to the present day." -- Provided by publisher.

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Previous ed.: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC The nature of legal theory : from laws to law --
An overview of the relationship between law and morality --
The natural law tradition --
English analytical positivism --
Kelsen's hierarchy of norms --
The revival of natural law : Fuller and Finnis --
Policies, principles, rights and interpretation : Dworkin's theory of law --
American realism --
Critical perspectives on law --
Theories of justice --
Law and morality.

"Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Legal Theory asks questions such as these and explains some of the answers that legal theorists have given over the ages, from Ancient Greece to the present day." -- Provided by publisher.

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