Understanding Jurisprudence by Raymond, Ph.D. Wacks
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With a clear, engaging, and informal style, Understanding Jurisprudence is the perfect guide for students new to legal theory looking for a handy and stimulating starting point to this sometimes daunting subject.

Key theories and theorists are introduced in a compact and practicable format, offering an accessible account of the central ideas without oversimplification. Further reading suggestions are included throughout, helping students to structure their research and navigate the jurisprudences extensive literature. Critical questions are also included in each chapter, to encourage students to think analytically about the law and legal theory, and the numerous debates that it generates.

Professor Wacks is an experienced teacher of jurisprudence and excels in providing a concise, student-friendly introduction to the subject, without avoiding the subtleties of this fascinating discipline.

An extensive Online Resource Centre also accompanies this text (www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/wacks4e/) and includes the following resources to support your studies:
- Author analysis of topical controversies such as political debates and current legal problems
- Interactive self-test glossary of key terms
- Additional chapters on approaching the study of jurisprudence, including revision and examination tips
- Further reading suggestions, including links to relevant and recent journal articles
- Self-test questions on the key ideas from each chapter, with instant feedback

An engaging writing style makes this a highly readable and interesting account for all law students, offering the ideal support for a legal theory module as well as providing valuable context for the study of law in general
Written by an experienced academic and author, the text explains complex ideas clearly yet without avoiding the subtleties of the subject
Covers a broad range of thinkers and theories including Hart, Dworkin, and Raz as well as discussion of feminist and critical race theory and separate chapters on theories of justice, rights, and punishment
Features key quotes and further reading to introduce and explain the central scholarly works, ideas, and commentaries which shape legal theory
Includes a glossary to assist understanding and provide a quick-reference guide to the key terms and ideas central to jurisprudence
Accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre which includes advice on studying jurisprudence, an interactive glossary of key terms, self-test questions, and analysis of topical controversies, such as political debates and current legal problems

About the Author

Professor Raymond Wacks has taught jurisprudence around the world for over thirty years. He has published more than twenty books and numerous articles on legal philosophy, the right of privacy, and human and animal rights. He is also the author of Law: A Very Short Introduction and Privacy and Media Freedom (both published by Oxford University Press).



Table of Contents:
1: What's it all about? 2: Natural law and morality 3: Classical legal positivism 4: Modern legal positivism 5: Dworkin and the moral integrity of law 6: Legal realism 7: Law and social theory 8: Historical and anthropological jurisprudence 9: Theories of justice 10: Rights 11: Why obey the law? 12: Why punish? 13: Critical legal theory 14: Feminist and critical race theory 15: Jurisprudence understood?


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  • ISBN-13: 9780198723868
  • ISBN-10: 0198723865


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