Wacks, Raymond,

Understanding jurisprudence : an introduction to legal theory / Raymond Wacks. - Fourth edition. - xx, 379 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What's it all about? -- Natural law and morality -- Classical legal positivism -- Modern legal positivism -- Dworkin and the moral integrity of law -- Legal realism -- Law and social theory -- Historical and anthropological jurisprudence -- Theories of justice -- Rights -- Why obey the law? -- Why punish? -- Critical legal theory -- Feminist and critical race theory -- Jurisprudence understood?

9780198723868 RM172.58 0198723865


Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.