| Description | | - A lively and accessible introduction to the social, moral, and cultural foundations of law.
- Highly topical - issues such as the war in Iraq and treatment of terror suspects call into question the nature of law.
- Takes a broad scope - spanning philosophy, law, politics, economics, and discusses a range of topics including women's rights, racism, and the environment.
- Part of the best-selling VSI series; over 1.5 million sold.
| The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life, shaping the character of our community and underlying issues from racism and abortion to human rights and international war.
But what actually is law? A set of naturally occurring moral principles, or simply rules agreed by a particular society? What is a 'right' and what rights should people actually have? Is law
really colour-blind and gender-blind? Can the law truly tell us whether gay marriages are immoral, what's wrong with racism, or whether we should go to war?
Revealing the intriguing and challenging nature of legal philosophy with clarity and enthusiasm, Raymond Wacks explores the notion of law and its role in our lives. Referring to key thinkers from Aristotle to Rawls, Bentham, Dworkin,
H.L.A. Hart and Derrida, he looks at the central questions behind legal theory that have fascinated lawyers and philosophers - and anyone - who ever wondered about law's relation to justice, morality, and democracy. |
Readership: Students of law, philosophy, politics, and social sciences at undergraduate level and beyond. General readers interested in the foundations of justice and its role in society.
| Contents |
Introduction
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Natural law
2.
Legal positivism
3.
Law as interpretation
4.
Rights and justice
5.
Law and society
6.
Critical legal theory
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Raymond Wacks, Professor of Law and Legal Theory, University of Hong Kong (Emeritus)
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