Jurisprudence – An Introduction — Revised
This work is aimed at students about to embark on a course in jurisprudence, legal theory or legal philosophy.
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This work is aimed at students about to embark on a course in jurisprudence, legal theory or legal philosophy.
It analyses the various philosophies extensively, and indicates the intensity of jurisprudential debates relating to South African law.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: - The story of natural law and its opponents
Chapter 2: - "The empire of darkness and the region of light":
Chapter 3: - The American realists
Chapter 4: - Ronald Dworkin and reconstruction
Chapter 5: - The rebirth of natural law
Chapter 6: - Liberalism, libertarianism and socialism: The theories of Rawls, Nozick and contemporary socialists
Chapter 7: - Critical legal studies
Chapter 8: - Feminism and the law
Chapter 9: - The communitarian debate and liberalism
Chapter 10: - Legal hermeneutics and deconstruction
