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Philosophy of law : an introduction

Mark Tebbit (Author)
Assuming no prior knowledge of philosophy or law, the author eases readers into the key theories of law and links these to key philosophical questions often encountered in the study of law
Print Book, English, 2005
2nd edition View all formats and editions
Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, 2005
x, 249 pages ; 25 cm
9780415334402, 9780415334419, 9786610160785, 0415334403, 0415334411, 6610160783
57434400
Morality, justice, and natural law
Early positivism and legal realism
Modern positivism and its critics
Contemporary theories of law
Law and modernity
Authority and obligation
Legal and moral rights
Liberty, privacy, and tolerance
Modernity and the reach of the law
Responsibility and guilt
Insanity and diminished responsibility
Theories of punishment
Crime and modernity
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