Legal Theory

Informationen zum Autor IAN MCLEOD is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Stirling, UK. Following professional experience as a local government lawyer and a prosecuting solicitor, he specialized in teaching Legal Theory, Legal Method and Public Law. He is the author of Legal Method, Key Concepts in Law and (with Simon Askey) Studying Law, all published by Palgrave Macmillan. Klappentext Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Legal Theory asks questions such as these and explains some of the answers that legal theorists have given over the ages, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Zusammenfassung Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Legal Theory asks questions such as these and explains some of the answers that legal theorists have given over the ages, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Nature of Legal Theory: From Laws to Law An Overview of the Relationship between Law and Morality The Natural Law Tradition English Analytical Positivism Kelsen's Hierarchy of Norms The Revival of Natural Law: Fuller and Finnis Policies, Principles, Rights and Interpretation: Dworkin's Theory of Law American Realism Critical Perspectives on Law Theories of Justice Law and Morality.

Product details

• Authors: Ian McLeod
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2012
• EAN: 9780230362048
• ISBN: 978-0-230-36204-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters; Palgrave Law Masters; Macmillan Law Masters; Macmillan Law Masters; Hart Law Masters
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law; B, Political Science, Philosophy of Law, Religion and Philosophy, legal theory;natural law;realism;theory of law