Product Description
Jurisprudence
Authors: C Roederer, D Moellendorf
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Jurisprudence is a comprehensive treatment of the subject by many of the legal theorists in South Africa. Each of the major schools of jurisprudence, as well as a number of the major issues in jurisprudence, are discussed in a sophisticated yet accessible style.
Each of the schools is assessed for its relevance to South Africa and South African law.Further, Jurisprudence provides the reader with an introduction that contains a meta-theoretical approach and set of tools for systematically evaluating the many and various theoretical claims found within the book and in the subject more generally.
Contents:
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Mapping jurisprudential terrain in search for truth in law
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Natural law theories
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Legal positivism
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Third path theorists: between positivism and natural law
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Historical jurisprudence
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Marxism and the law
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Legal realism
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law and economics
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Interpretative approaches to legal theory
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Critical legal studies
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Critical race theory
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Feminism and the law
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Gay and lesbian legal theory
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Post modernism and the law
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Justice and the law: liberals, redistribution, capitalists and their critics
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Communitarian and civic republican theories
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‘Traditional’ African jurisprudence
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Islamic jurisprudence
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Traditional Chinese jurisprudence and its relevance to South African legal thought
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The duty to obey the law
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Legal punishment
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Law in context of globalisation: the demands of justice
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Transitional/transformative jurisprudence: law in a changing society
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