The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-04-25
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

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 ofjurisprudential 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 legalscholars, philosophers and legal theorists looking for an introduction to current jurisprudential thinking.

Author Biography


Jules Coleman is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale University Scott Shapiro is Assistant Professor of Law, Yeshiva University Kenneth Himma is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors ix
Natural Law: The Classical Tradition
1(60)
John Finnis
Natural Law: The Modern Tradition
61(43)
Brian H. Bix
Exclusive Legal Positivism
104(21)
Andrei Marmor
Inclusive Legal Positivism
125(41)
Kenneth Einar Himma
Formalism
166(40)
Martin Stone
Adjudication
206(62)
William Lucy
Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation
268(43)
Kent Greenawalt
Methodology
311(41)
Jules L. Coleman
Legal and Political Philosophy
352(30)
Jeremy Waldron
Authority
382(58)
Scott. J. Shapiro
Reasons
440(36)
John Gardner
Timothy Macklem
Rights
476(38)
F. M. Kamm
Law and Obligations
514(34)
Leslie Green
Responsibility
548(40)
Christopher Kutz
Philosophy of the Common Law
588(35)
Gerald J. Postema
Philosophy of Private Law
623(33)
Benjamin C. Zipursky
Philosophy of Tort Law
656(31)
Arthur Ripstein
Philosophy of Contract Law
687(65)
Jody S. Kraus
Philosophy of Property Law
752(63)
Peter Benson
The Philosophy of Criminal Law
815(53)
Larry Alexander
Philosophy of International Law
868(67)
Allen Buchanan
David Golove
Law and Language
935(34)
Timothy A. O. Endicott
Law and Objectivity
969(21)
Brian Leiter
Law, Sexual Orientation, and Gender
990(51)
Edward Stein
Index 1041

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