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The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law

Edited by Jules Coleman and Scott J. Shapiro

Kenneth Himma

Price: £94.00 (Hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829824-3
Publication date: 7 March 2002
1060 pages, 246x171 mm
Series: Oxford Handbooks in Law
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  • 'The impressive broad survey of issues under each topic in the Handbook will prove very useful for the student or scholar hoping to acquire deeper knowledge of the major issues on a particular topic, or wishing to find references for further reading on a particular issue. ' - Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
  • 'The depth of analysis in most of the essays in the Oxford Handbook is remarkable, as one would expect from such a range of eminent jurisprudential thinkers ... the world of jurisprudence is much the richer for [its] publication. ' - The Irish Jurist

Description
  • One-volume reference work covering the whole of legal theory
  • Features most of the world's leading theorists
  • Offers an overview of all of the contending theories and debates alongside original analysis
One of the first volumes in the new series of prestigious Oxford Handbooks , The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law brings together specially commissioned essays by twenty-six of the foremost legal theorists currently writing, to provide a state of the art overview of jurisprudential scholarship. Each author presents an account of the contending views and scholarly debates animating their field of enquiry as well as setting the agenda for further study. This landmark publication will be essential reading for anyone working in legal theory and of interest to legal scholars, philosophers and legal theorists looking for an introduction to current jurisprudential thinking.

Readership: All scholars and students interested in the philosophy of law and its relationship to political theory and philosophy generally. Academic and Reference Libraries.

Contents
1. Natural Law: The Classical Theory , John Finnis
2. Natural Law: The Modern Tradition , Brian Bix
3. Exclusive Legal Positivism , Andrei Marmor
4. Inclusive Legal Positivism , Kenneth Eimar Himma
5. Formalism , Martin Stone
6. Adjudication , William Lucy
7. Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation , Ken Greenawalt
8. Methodology , Jules Coleman
9. Legal and Political Philosophy , Jeremy Waldron
10. Authority , Scott Shapiro
11. Reasons, Reasoning, Reasonableness , John Gardner and Timothy Macklem
12. Rights , Frances M. Kamm
13. Obligations , Leslie Green
14. Responsibility , Christopher Kutz
15. Philosophy of the Common Law , Gerald J. Postema
16. Philosophy of Private Law , Benjamin Zipursky
17. Philosophy of Tort Law , Arthur Ripstein
18. Philosophy of Contract Law , Jody S. Kraus
19. Philosophy of Property Law , Peter Benson
20. Philosophy of Criminal Law , Larry Alexander
21. Philosophy of International Law , Allen Buchanan and David Golove
22. Law and Language , Timothy A.O. Endicott
23. Law and Objectivity , Brian Leiter
24. Law, Sexual Orientation, and Gender , Edward Stein

Authors, editors, and contributors


Edited by Jules Coleman, Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale University and
Scott J. Shapiro, Assistant Professor of Law, Yeshiva University
Kenneth Himma, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University

Contributors:John Finnis
Brian Bix
Andrei Marmor
Ken Himma
Jules Coleman
Jeremy Waldron
Scott Shapiro
Frances Kamm
John Gardner and Timothy Macklem
Martin Stone
Leslie Green
William Lucy
Kent Greenawalt
Timothy A.O. Endicott
Brian Leiter
Edward Stein
Christopher Kutz
Arthur Ripstein
Jody S. Kraus
Larry Alexander
Peter Benson
Allen Buchanan
David Golove
Gerald Postema
Benjamin Zipursky

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