The second edition of this outstanding Companion provides an unparalleled survey of philosophy of law and legal theory for students and specialists alike. Written by an international assembly of leading scholars, the articles have been revised throughout, and the addition of ten entirely new essays ensures that the volume continues to offer the most up-to-date coverage of current thinking in legal philosophy. Articles new to this edition cover the areas of risk, regulatory theory, methodology, overcriminalization, intention, coercion, unjust enrichment, the rule of law, law and society, and Kantian legal philosophy.Together, the essays provide an in-depth introduction to philosophical and legal theory, and a critical overview of the basic theoretical concepts, theories, topics, philosophical issues, and themes that now feature in the law schooland undergraduate legal studies curricula. Represents the definitive handbookof philosophy of law and contemporary legal theory, invaluable to anyone withan interest in legal philosophy. Essays are written by an international team of leading scholars.Dennis Patterson is Professor of Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and is Board of Governors Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law (Camden). He is also Professorof Jurisprudence and International Trade at Swansea University, Wales. He haswritten widely in the philosophy of law and international trade law. His books include Law and Truth (1996), Mind, Meaning and Law (2008), and most recently The New Global Trading Order (2008) with Ari Afilalo. INDICE: List of contributors. Preface. PART I: AREAS OF LAW. 1 Property law (Jeremy Waldron). 2 Contract (Peter Benson). 3 Tort law (Stephen R. Perry). 4 Criminal law (Leo Katz). 5 Public international law (Philip Bobbitt). 6 Constitutional law and religion (Perry Dane). 7 Constitutional law and interpretation (Philip Bobbitt). 8 Constitutional law and privacy (Anita L. Allen). 9 Constitutional law and equality (Maimon Schwarzschild). 10 Evidence (John Jacksonand Sean Doran). 11 Interpretation of statutes (William N. Eskridget, Jr.). 12 Conflict of laws (Perry Dane). PART II: CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLS AND PERSPECTIVES. 13 Natural law theory (Brian Bix). 14 Legal positivism (Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter). 15 Legal realism (Brian Leiter). Critical legal studies (Guyora Binder). 17 Post-realism and legal process (Neil Duxbury). 18 Feminist jurisprudence (Patricia Smith). 19 Law and economics (Jon D. Hanson, Kathleen Hanson and Melissa R. Hart). 20 Legal formalism (Ernest J. Weinrib). 21 German legal philosophy and theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Alexander Somek). 22 Marxist theory of law (Alan Hunt). 23 Deconstruction (J. M. Balkin). 24 Law and Society (Brian Tamanaha). 25 Postmodernism (Dennis Patterson). 26Kantian Legal Philosophy (Arthur Ripstein). 27 Legal pragmatism (Richard Warner). PART III: TOPICS AND DISCIPLINES. 28 Normative Theory (Roger A. Shiner). 29 Law and literature (Thomas Morawetz). 30 The duty to obey the law (M. B. E.Smith). 31 Legal enforcement of morality (Kent Greenawalt). 32 Indeterminacy (Lawrence B. Solum). 33 Precedent (Larry Alexander). 34 Punishment and responsibility (George P. Fletcher). 35 Loyalty (George P. Fletcher). 36 Coherence (Ken Kress). 37 The welfare state (Sandford Levinson). 38 Legal scholarship(Edward L. Rubin). 39 Authority of law (Vincent A. Wellman). 40 Analogical reasoning (Jefferson White). 41 Risk (John Oberdiek). 42 Regulatory Theory (Matthew Adler). 43 Methodology (Andrew Halpin). 44 Overcriminalization (Douglas Husak). 45 Intention (Kimberly Kessler Ferzan). 46 Coercion (Grant Lamond). 47 Unjust Enrichment (Ernest Weinrib). 48 The Rule of Law (Andrei Marmor). Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-7006-2
- Editorial: Wiley-Balckwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 720
- Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2010
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