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Philosophy of law an introduction

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tebbit, Mark
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Morality, justice, and natural law
  • From common law to modern positivism
  • Hart's legal positivism
  • Legal theory and the Nazi legality problem
  • Legal realism
  • Competing images of law in contemporary jurisprudence
  • Radical challenges ot mainstream theories
  • Obedience and disobedience
  • Legal and moral rights
  • Law and private morals
  • Radical critiques of liberal theories of law
  • Guilty minds : recklessness, manslaughter and murder
  • Unlawful killing : the defences of necessity and duress
  • Insanity and diminished responsibility
  • Theories of punishment
  • Radical perspectives on crime and punishment.