Jurisprudence
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Description
The third edition of Jurisprudence offers a logically structured, comprehensive, well-researched and accessible overview of legal theory and philosophy. Written primarily for undergraduate students, it examines and demystifies the discipline's major ideas, and promotes a richer understanding of the social, moral and economic dimensions of the law. By locating the major traditions of jurisprudence within the history of ideas, the author deepens students' understanding of the perennial debates about the nature and function of law and its relation to justice.…
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Key features
- A logically structured, comprehensive, well-researched and accessible overview of legal theory and philosophy
- Presents highly readable text written in engaging prose which locates the major traditions of jurisprudence within the history of ideas
- Fully revised and updated, with new materials on all topics
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316716960
- Subjects Jurisprudence,Law
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 11 October 2017
- ISBN: 9781316621172
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.68kg
- Contains: 26 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 470 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 1-2 weeks
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 06 August 2018
- ISBN: 9781316716960
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