Globalisation and Legal Theory

Klappentext The text makes the case for a revival of general jurisprudence in response to globalisation. Zusammenfassung This work brings together eight linked essays which make the case for a revival of general jurisprudence in response to the challenges of globalisation! and explores how far the heritage of Anglo-American jurisprudence and comparative law is adequate to meeting the challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General and particular jurisprudence, three chapters in a story; 2. Globalisation and legal theory, some local implications; 3. Jeremy Bentham and general jurisprudence; 4. Other people's power, the bad man and English positivism; 5. Mapping law; 6. Globalization and comparative law - the Country and Western tradition; 7. Globalization, post-modernism and pluralism; Appendix: teaching about globalisation and law.

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• Authors: William Twining, William (University College London) Twining
• Assisted by: Christopher McCrudden (Editor), William Twining (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780521605946
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60594-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law