One of the first volumes in the new series of prestigious Oxford Handbooks, The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law brings together specially commissioned essays by twenty-seven of the foremost legal theorists currently writing, to provide a state of the art overview of jurisprudential scholarship. Each author presents an account of the contending views and scholarly debates animating their field of enquiry as well as setting the agenda for further study. This landmark publication will be essential reading for anyone working in legal theory and of interest to legal scholars generally, philosophers and legal theorists looking for a way in to understand current jurisprudential thinking.
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`The depth of analysis in most of the essays in the Oxford Handbook is remarkable, as one would expect from such a range of eminent jurisprudential thinkers ... the world of jurisprudence is much the richer for [its] publication.' The Irish Jurist
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Jules Coleman is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale University Scott Shapiro is Assistant Professor of Law, Yeshiva University Kenneth Himma is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University
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incomparability claim, normal justification thesis, deductive applicability, deductive access, stringent rationality condition, operative premiss, inclusive positivism, applicative judgment, commendation feature, strong value pluralism, high inviolability, exclusive legal positivism, mistaken directives, inclusive legal positivists, spectacular accompaniment, weak commendation, inclusive positivists, moderate originalist, separability thesis, inclusive legal positivism, criterial semantics, modified conventionalism, moderate originalism, normative jurisprudence, exclusive positivism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Blackwell Philosophy Guides) by Martin P. Golding on 5 pages
- Reason and Value: Themes from the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz by R. Jay Wallace on page 349, and Back Matter
- Reason and Value: Themes from the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz by R. Jay Wallace on page 350, and Back Matter
- Form and Function in a Legal System: A General Study by Robert S. Summers on page 26, and page 63
- The Moral Limits of Law: Obedience, Respect, and Legitimacy by Ruth C. A. Higgins in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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