A companion to philosophy of law and legal theory /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Description:xiv, 690 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 8
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 8.
Subject:Law -- Philosophy.
Jurisprudence -- United States.
Jurisprudence.
Law (Philosophical concept)
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8058834
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Other authors / contributors:Patterson, Dennis M. (Dennis Michael), 1955-
ISBN:9781405170062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405170069 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Areas of Law:
  • 1. Property Law
  • 2. Contract
  • 3. Tort Law
  • 4. Criminal law
  • 5. Public international law
  • 6. Constitutional law and religion
  • 7. Constitutional law and interpretation
  • 8. Constitutional law and privacy
  • 9. Constitutional law and equality
  • 10. Evidence
  • 11. Interpretation of statutes
  • 12. Conflict of laws
  • Part II. Contemporary Schools and Perspectives:
  • 13. Natural law theory
  • 14. Legal positivism
  • 15. American Legal realism
  • 16. Critical legal studies
  • 17. Postrealism and legal process
  • 18. Feminist jurisprudence
  • 19. Law and economics
  • 20. Legal formalism
  • 21. German legal philosophy and theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
  • 22. Marxist theory of law
  • 23. Deconstruction
  • 24. Law and society
  • 25. Postmodernism
  • 26. Kantian legal philosophy
  • 27. Legal pragmatism
  • Part III. Topics and Disciplines:
  • 28. Law and Its Normativity
  • 29. Law and Literature
  • 30. The Duty to Obey the Law
  • 31. Legal Enforcement of Morality
  • 32. Indeterminacy
  • 33. Precedent
  • 34. Punishment and Responsibility
  • 35. Loyalty
  • 36. Coherence
  • 37. The Welfare State
  • 38. Legal Scholarship
  • 39. Authority of Law
  • 40. Analogical Reasoning
  • 41. Risk
  • 42. Regulatory Theory
  • 43. Methodology
  • 44. Overcriminalization
  • 45. Intention
  • 46. Coercion
  • 47. Unjust Enrichment
  • 48. The Ideal of the Rule of Law
  • Index