Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence, 9th Edition

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Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence, 9th Edition

By M. D. A. Freeman
Sweet & Maxwell U.K._ October 2014

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780414026728
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K._
Publication
October 2014
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • The leading textbook on jurisprudence in the English-speaking world, covering the whole field of jurisprudence
  • Combines an authoritative text with extracts from a huge variety of authors, extracting the works of more than a hundred jurists
  • Gives critical insight into the texts with detailed and well-documented introductory sections
  • Examines the contributions made to legal theory by leading jurists from the Ancient Greeks to the postmodernists
  • Covers Aristotle, Raz, Habermas, Unger, Coleman, Perry, Kramer, Nelken and Iris Marion Young
  • Contains a chapter on Dworkin’s interpretivism, as well as sections on the theory of human rights, on Bourdieu’s legal thought, on Nussbaum’s ‘frontiers of justice’, on global justice, and on Murphy’s natural law
  • Places emphasis on Hart, particularly the “Postscript” and the commentary this has provoked
  • Includes such modern jurists as Mark Murphy, Gustav Radbruch, William Edmundson, Kent Greenawalt, Scott Hershovitz, Gerald Postema and Jeremy Waldron

Table of Contents

  1. The nature of jurisprudence
  2. Meaning of the law
  3. Natural law
  4. Bentham, Austin and classical positivism ; Pure theory of law
  5. Modern trends in analytical jurisprudence ; Theories of Justice
  6. Sociological jurisprudence and the sociology of law ; American realism
  7. The Scandinavian realists
  8. Historical and anthropological jurisprudence
  9. Marxist theories of law and state
  10. Critical legal studies
  11. Feminist jurisprudence ; Postmodernist jurisprudence
  12. Critical race theory
  13. Theories of adjudication

Reviews

"Very comprehensive with useful explanation and commentary." 
Lex Magazine

"For anyone looking to tackle this difficult and complex area of legal study, they should look no further than Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence. It sublimely combines text with source extracts meaning it is an indispensible guide to the voluminous wealth of source material." 
Student Law Journal
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