TY - BOOK AU - Bix,Brian TI - Jurisprudence : theory and context SN - 9781847034458 AV - K230.B59 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - London : PB - Thomson Reuters, KW - Jurisprudence KW - Law KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Overview, purpose and methodology -- Legal theory : general jurisprudence and conceptual anlysis -- H.L.A. Hart and legal positivism -- Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law -- Natural law theory and John Finnis -- Understanding Lon Fuller -- Ronald Dworkin's interpretive approach -- Justice -- Punishment -- Rights and rights talk -- Will and reason -- Authority, finality and mistake -- Common law reasoning and precedent -- Statutory interpretation and legislative intentions -- Legal enforcement of morality -- The obligation to obey the law -- American legal realism -- Economic analysis of law -- Modern critical perspectives -- Law and literature -- Philosophial foundations of the common law -- Other approaches ER -