Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

An Anthology
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-20287-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 866 g

This carefully selected set of readings presents some of the most important articles in the field. The collection is essential reading for anyone with an interest in legal philosophy.

- Gathers together some of the most important articles in the field of philosophy of law and legal theory.

- Complements Dennis Patterson's A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Blackwell, 1999).

- Represents essential reading for the beginning law student.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, Dennis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART I. NATURE OF LAW.

1. The Path of the Law (O.W. Holmes).

2. A Realistic Jurisprudence - The Next Step (Karl Llewellyn).

3. The Model of Rules (Ronald Dworkin).

PART II. RELATION OF LAW AND MORALITY.

4. Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals (H.L.A. Hart).

5. Positivism and Fidelity to Law: A Reply to Professor Hart (Lon L. Fuller).

6. Negative and Positive Positivism (Jules L. Coleman).

7. On the Incoherence of Legal Positivism (john Finnis).

PART III. THEORIES OF ADJUDICATION.

8. Hard Cases (Ronald Dworkin).

9. What has Pragmatism to Offer Law (Richard A. Posner).

PART IV. LEGAL INDETERMINACY.

10. Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication (Duncan Kennedy).

11. Legal Indeterminacy (Ken Kress).

PART V. RIGHTS AND OTHER LEGAL CONCEPTS.

12. Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning (Wesley N. Hohfeld).

PART VI. THE AUTONOMY OF LAW AND LEGAL REASONING.

13. Legal Formalism: On the Immanent Rationality of Law (Ernest F. Weinrib).

14. Law as Interpretation (Ronald Dworkin).

15. The Problem of Social Cost (Ronald H. Coase).

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Patterson is Distinguished Professor of Law (Camden) and Philosophy (New Brunswick) at Rutgers University. He is the author of Law and Truth (1996) and editor of A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Blackwell, 1996). He has been a Fellow in the Politics Department at Princeton University and a Visiting Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of Vienna.