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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Understanding jurisprudence</title>
    <subTitle>an introduction to legal theory</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Wacks, Raymond</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1946-</namePart>
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  <originInfo>
    <edition>Sixth edition</edition>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>xx, 404 pages : illustrations</extent>
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  <abstract>Understanding Jurisprudence provides an illuminating and engaging introduction to the central questions of legal theory. It is the perfect starting point for those new to the subject.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>1. What's it all about? 2. Natural law and morality 3. Classical legal positivism 4. Modern legal positivism 5. Dworkin and law's moral claims 6. Legal realism 7. Law and social theory 8. Historical and anthropological jurisprudence 9. Theories of justice 10. Rights 11. Why obey the law? 12. Why punish? 13. Critical legal theory 14. Feminist theory</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Raymond Wacks</note>
  <note>Introduction
</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references</note>
  <subject>
    <topic> 86.03 theory and methodology of law</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>86.04 philosophy of law</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Droit</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Droit Philosophie</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Jurisprudence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Law Philosophy</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Philosophy</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Philosophy &amp; theory of law</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Philosophy of law</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Philosophy of law</topic>
  </subject>
  <classification authority="lcc">K230. WAC 2021</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780198864677</identifier>
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