Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence
Postema, Gerald J.. Ed(S): Pattaro, Enrico; Roversi, Corrado
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Hardback. Written from both a theoretical and a historical perspective, this volume discusses issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence. Aimed at jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers, the text includes historical and theoretical concepts, as well as the development of legal thought. Editor(s): Pattaro, Enrico; Roversi, Corrado. Num Pages: 643 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1087.
Volume 11, the sixth of the historical volumes of A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence, offers a fresh, philosophically engaged, critical interpretation of the main currents of jurisprudential thought in the English-speaking world of the 20th century. It tells the tale of two lectures and their legacies: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s “The Path of Law” (1897) and H.L.A. Hart’s Holmes Lecture, “Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals” (1958). Holmes’s radical challenge to late 19th century legal science gave birth to a rich variety of competing approaches to understanding law and legal reasoning from realism to economic jurisprudence ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
643
Condition
New
Number of Pages
618
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048189595
SKU
V9789048189595
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99-15
About Postema, Gerald J.. Ed(S): Pattaro, Enrico; Roversi, Corrado
Gerald J. Postema has published extensively in legal and political philosophy and ethics. In 2011 he published Legal Philosophy in the 20th Century: The Common Law World, He wrote Bentham and the Common Law Tradition (Clarendon 1986/1989) and edited Racism and the Law (Kluwer 1997); Rationality, Conventions, and the Law (Kluwer 1998); Jeremy Bentham: Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (Ashgate 2002) ... Read more
Reviews for Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence
“Gerald Postema surveys developments in the twentieth century. ... Every thinking lawyer should be informed and stimulated by these books, and as for the iurisperiti, any unthinking lawyers should acquire them in order to stimulate thought.” (Andrew Halpin, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, September, 2017) “The volume is a magisterial achievement, and should serve as a valuable resource for ... Read more