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The Tapestry of the Law. Scotland, Legal Culture and Legal Theory.
Elspeth Attwooll
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Description for The Tapestry of the Law. Scotland, Legal Culture and Legal Theory.
Hardback. Brings together a study of a particular legal system - that of Scotland - with a number of (mainly contemporary) theories of or about law. Rather than endorsing any one legal theory, this work ends with some tentative conclusions about legal theory itself. It offers an information base for those embarking on courses in comparative law or politics. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 1DBKW; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Although its concern is jurisprudence, The Tapestry of the Law is intended to offer neither an original theory of or about law nor an account of other people's theories in textbook form. It is, rather, an attempt to approach the subject without following either of these conventions. The reasons are as follows. Those engaged in legal theory are prone to assert that one cannot properly understand the law unless one takes a jurisprudential approach - preferably their own - to it. Equally, those engaged in exposition of the law may counter that legal theory fails to pay adequate attention to ... Read more
Although its concern is jurisprudence, The Tapestry of the Law is intended to offer neither an original theory of or about law nor an account of other people's theories in textbook form. It is, rather, an attempt to approach the subject without following either of these conventions. The reasons are as follows. Those engaged in legal theory are prone to assert that one cannot properly understand the law unless one takes a jurisprudential approach - preferably their own - to it. Equally, those engaged in exposition of the law may counter that legal theory fails to pay adequate attention to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
Law and Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792343103
SKU
V9780792343103
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Reviews for The Tapestry of the Law. Scotland, Legal Culture and Legal Theory.
` ... a comprehensive survey of trends in twentieth-century jurisprudence ... The Tapestry of Law is clearly intended for a general audience, and on that level it deserves great success. This is an ideal book to offer to anyone curious about the current concerns of English-speaking philosophers of law. Overall, however, the risks Attwooll has ... Read more