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Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)

Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory By Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)

Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory by Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)

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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.

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Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory: An Anthology by Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)

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.

Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory Reviews

'Patterson collects fifteen of the classic articles in legal theory and presents them whole. The book provides an excellent introduction to several of the major topics making it useful both as a student text and as a sourcebook for academics and non-academics alike.' Larry Alexander, University of San Diego School of Law


'A wonderful selection from the classics in legal theory. It should prove an excellent and invaluable text for classroom use.' Brian Bix, University of Minnesota, author of Jurisprudence: Theory and Context

'Dennis Patterson has produced a fine anthology, one that will be particularly useful for those interested in learning about recent debates in analytic jurisprudence.' Jeremy Waldron, Columbia Law School

About Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Part I Nature of Law 7

1 The Path of the Law 9
O. W. Holmes

2 A Realistic Jurisprudence - The Next Step 22
Karl Llewellyn

3 The Model of Rules 46
Ronald Dworkin

Part II Relation of Law and Morality 67

4 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals 69
H. L. A. Hart

5 Positivism and Fidelity to Law: A Reply to Professor Hart 91
Lon L. Fuller

6 Negative and Positive Positivism 116
Jules L. Coleman

7 On the Incoherence of Legal Positivism 134
John Finnis

Part III Theories of Adjudication 145

8 Hard Cases 147
Ronald Dworkin

9 What has Pragmatism to Offer Law? 180
Richard A. Posner

Part IV Legal Indeterminacy 191

10 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication 193
Duncan Kennedy

11 Legal Indeterminacy 253
Ken Kress

Part V Rights and other Legal Concepts 293

12 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning 295
Wesley N. Hohfeld

Part VI The Autonomy of Law and Legal Reasoning 323

13 Legal Formalism: On the Immanent Rationality of Law 325
Ernest J. Weinrib

14 Law as Interpretation 374
Ronald Dworkin

15 The Problem of Social Cost 389
Ronald H. Coase

Index 420

Additional information

CIN0631202889VG
9780631202882
0631202889
Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory: An Anthology by Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)
Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2003-01-30
432
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