Midlands State University Library

Understanding jurisprudence : an introduction to legal theory /

Wacks, Raymond.

Understanding jurisprudence : an introduction to legal theory / created by Raymond Wacks, BA, LLB, LLM, LLD, MLiTT, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory. - Fifth edition. - xx, 407 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What's it all about? -- Natural law and morality -- Classical legal positivism -- Modern legal positivism -- Law and moral legitimacy -- Legal realism -- Law and social theory -- Historical and anthropological jurisprudence -- Theories of justice -- Rights -- Why obey the law? -- Why punish? -- Critical legal theory -- Feminist theory -- Jurisprudence understood?

9780198806011 (pbk.) 0198806019 (pbk.)


Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.

K230 WAC