| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Law essentials |
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Law essentials.
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| Contents |
Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Ch 1 Introduction; Ch 2 Natural Law; Ch 3 Moral Theories and Practical Reason; Ch 4 Legal Positivism; Ch 5 American and Scandinavian Realism; Ch 6 Law and Society: Historical, Marxist, Anthropological and Sociological Theories; Ch 7 Critical Legal Studies, Postmodernism and Feminism; Ch 8 Rights; Ch 9 Justice; Ch 10 The Justification of Punishment; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
From natural law to justifying punishment, and from Marxism to feminism, Duncan Spiers explains the main ideas of jurisprudence in the order that law students usually encounter them on their courses. By extracting the main arguments that lie at the heart of the different positions, he makes the central themes and implications clear |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jurisprudence -- Scotland
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Jurisprudence.
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Scotland.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474472807 |
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147447280X |
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