Jurisprudence

by Riddall, J. G.

• ISBN13: 9780406900104
• ISBN10: 0406900108
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Riddall: Jurisprudence is a firmly established student text-book which presents those jurisprudential topics most commonly taught in law schools today. This book takes a modern approach to the subject and it assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. The text is written in straightforward language, and it offers ideas in a clear, intelligible way.

Author Biography

J. G. Riddall MA (TCD), of the Inner Temple, is Barrister at Law and formerly Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
'I hate jurisprudence': And what can be done about it	p. 1
Teeth that can bite: John Austin	p. 17
Austin toppled? The attack on the command theory	p. 30
A matter of rules: Professor Hart's concept of a legal system	p. 39
It stands to reason: The doctrine of natural law	p. 54
Of big fish and little fish: The attack on natural law	p. 72
And yet, and yet ...: The revival of natural law and the 'Hart-Fuller' debate	p. 79
There all the time?: Ronald Dworkin	p. 87
How judges decide cases: Law's Empire	p. 97
Talking past?: The Hart v Dworkin debate	p. 111
The great pyramid: Hans Kelsen	p. 123
The point of it all?: John Finnis	p. 136
Pleasures and pains: Utilitarianism	p. 150
On stilts?: Rights	p. 167
Banging on the table: The idea of justice	p. 196
You really want to know?: The American realists	p. 222
Northern Light: The Scandinavian Realists	p. 234
Wholly estimable?: Liberalism	p. 247
Sez who?: The new critics	p. 254
Close your ears, Mr Knox: Feminism	p. 270
It shouldn't be allowed!: The enforcement of morality	p. 291
Two bites of the cherry?: Civil disobedience	p. 322
The man on the beach: The only tool?	p. 336
Index	p. 343
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