Legal Theory by Ian McLeod
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Legal Theory
Legal Theory
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? This updated edition of Legal Theory asks questions such as these, discusses topical issues such as assisted suicide, and explains some of the answers which legal theorists have given from Ancient Greece to the present day.
Legal Theory Summary
About Ian McLeod
IAN MCLEOD is Visiting Fellow in Law at the University of Teesside and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK. Following professional experience as a local government lawyer and a prosecuting solicitor, he specialized in teaching Legal Theory, Legal Method and Public Law. He is the author of Legal Method, Key Concepts in Law and (with Simon Askey) Studying Law, all published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Table of Contents
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 Adjudication American Realism Critical Perspectives on Law Theories of Justice Law and Morality
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GOR003666102
9780230247833
0230247830
Legal Theory by Ian McLeod
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
20100428
264
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