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Book SynopsisThe articles in this new edition of
A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory have been updated throughout, and the addition of ten new articles ensures that the volume continues to offer the most up-to-date coverage of current thinking in legal philosophy.
- Represents the definitive handbook of philosophy of law and contemporary legal theory, invaluable to anyone with an interest in legal philosophy
- Now features ten entirely new articles, covering the areas of risk, regulatory theory, methodology, overcriminalization, intention, coercion, unjust enrichment, the rule of law, law and society, and Kantian legal philosophy
- Essays are written by an international team of leading scholars
Trade Review"This is an outstanding collection of essays on the most important, fundamental concepts of law and legal theory.... Recommended for any undergraduate student in this area or for any thinking person who wants to know more about the law and its reasons for being." (M/C Reviews, February 2011)
Table of ContentsList of Contributors xi
Preface xiv
Introduction 1
Part I: Areas of Law 7
1 Property Law 9
Jeremy Waldron
2 Contract 29
Peter Benson
3 Tort Law 64
Stephen R. Perry
4 Criminal Law 90
Leo Katz
5 Public International Law 103
Philip Bobbitt
6 Constitutional Law and Religion 119
Perry Dane
7 Constitutional Law and Interpretation 132
Philip Bobbitt
8 Constitutional Law and Privacy 145
Anita L. Allen
9 Constitutional Law and Equality 160
Maimon Schwarzschild
10 Evidence 177
John Jackson and Sean Doran
11 Interpretation of Statutes 188
William N. Eskridge, Jr.
12 Confl ict of Laws 197
Perry Dane
Part II: Contemporary Schools and Perspectives 209
13 Natural Law Theory 211
Brian Bix
14 Legal Positivism 228
Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter
15 American Legal Realism 249
Brian Leiter
16 Critical Legal Studies 267
Guyora Binder
17 Postrealism and Legal Process 279
Neil Duxbury
18 Feminist Jurisprudence 290
Patricia Smith
19 Law and Economics 299
Jon Hanson, Kathleen Hanson, and Melissa Hart
20 Legal Formalism 327
Ernest J. Weinrib
21 German Legal Philosophy and Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 339
Alexander Somek
22 Marxist Theory of Law 350
Alan Hunt
23 Deconstruction 361
Jack M. Balkin
24 Law and Society 368
Brian Z. Tamanaha
25 Postmodernism 381
Dennis Patterson
26 Kantian Legal Philosophy 392
Arthur Ripstein
27 Legal Pragmatism 406
Richard Warner
Part III: Topics and Disciplines 415
28 Law and Its Normativity 417
Roger A. Shiner
29 Law and Literature 446
Thomas Morawetz
30 The Duty to Obey the Law 457
M. B. E. Smith
31 Legal Enforcement of Morality 467
Kent Greenawalt
32 Indeterminacy 479
Lawrence B. Solum
33 Precedent 493
Larry Alexander
34 Punishment and Responsibility 504
George P. Fletcher
35 Loyalty 513
George P. Fletcher
36 Coherence 521
Ken Kress
37 The Welfare State 539
Sanford Levinson
38 Legal Scholarship 548
Edward L. Rubin
39 Authority of Law 559
Vincent A. Wellman
40 Analogical Reasoning 571
Jefferson White
41 Risk 578
John Oberdiek
42 Regulatory Theory 590
Matthew D. Adler
43 Methodology 607
Andrew Halpin
44 Overcriminalization 621
Douglas Husak
45 Intention 632
Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
46 Coercion 642
Grant Lamond
47 Unjust Enrichment 654
Ernest J. Weinrib
48 The Ideal of the Rule of Law 666
Andrei Marmor
Index 675
