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This fully updated third edition of Law in Perspectivefocuses on a range of powerful critical thinking tools drawn from logic, science, ethics, and political and social theory.

Sections on terrorism and refugee law have been expanded, climate change is discussed throughout, and new chapters have been added on law and Indigenous people, lawyers’ ethics and corporate power.

The book considers the relationship between legal theory, social theory and empirical research methods, as a guide for students taking on higher degrees in legal research. It also analyses key theories of the nature and social role of law, including legal positivism, natural law theory and Marxist theory of law.

Law in Perspective: Ethics, critical thinking and

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    A Paperback / softback by Michael Head, Scott Mann, Ingrid Matthews

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      Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
      Publication Date: 01/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9781742234540, 978-1742234540
      ISBN10: 1742234542
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This fully updated third edition of Law in Perspectivefocuses on a range of powerful critical thinking tools drawn from logic, science, ethics, and political and social theory.

      Sections on terrorism and refugee law have been expanded, climate change is discussed throughout, and new chapters have been added on law and Indigenous people, lawyers’ ethics and corporate power.

      The book considers the relationship between legal theory, social theory and empirical research methods, as a guide for students taking on higher degrees in legal research. It also analyses key theories of the nature and social role of law, including legal positivism, natural law theory and Marxist theory of law.

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