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General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective / by William Twining

By: Publication details: Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: xxiii, 517 p. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521738095
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.1 TWI
Contents:
Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : the need for a new general jurisprudence -- Analytical jurisprudence in a global context -- Mapping law : families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions -- Constructing conceptions of law : beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn -- Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice -- Human rights as moral, political and legal rights -- Meeting the challenges to human rights as moral rights: Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen -- Empirical dimensions of law and justice -- Diffusion of law : a global perspective -- Surface law -- Is law important? : law and the millennium development goals -- The significance of non-state law -- Human rights : southern voices -- Conclusion -- Some basic concepts -- Elusive isms : instrumentalism, pluralism, scientism, realism -- Law teaching as a vocation
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Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : the need for a new general jurisprudence -- Analytical jurisprudence in a global context -- Mapping law : families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions -- Constructing conceptions of law : beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn -- Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice -- Human rights as moral, political and legal rights -- Meeting the challenges to human rights as moral rights: Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen -- Empirical dimensions of law and justice -- Diffusion of law : a global perspective -- Surface law -- Is law important? : law and the millennium development goals -- The significance of non-state law -- Human rights : southern voices -- Conclusion -- Some basic concepts -- Elusive isms : instrumentalism, pluralism, scientism, realism -- Law teaching as a vocation

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