Knowing What the Law Is - Legal Theory in a New Key (Paperback, NIPPOD)

This book provides a selective and somewhat cheeky account of prominent positions in legal theory, such as American legal realism, modern legal positivism, sociological systems theory, institutionalism and critical legal studies. It presents a relational approach to law and a new perspective on legal sources. The book explores topics of legal theory in a playful manner. It is written and composed in a way that refutes the widespread prejudice that legal theory is a dreary subject, with a cast of characters that occasionally interact in order to illustrate the claims of the book. Legal experts claim to know what the law is. Legal theory-or jurisprudence-explores whether such claims are warranted. The discipline first emerged at the turn of the 20th century, when the self-confidence of both legal scholarship and judicial craftsmanship became severely shattered, but the crisis continues to this day.

General

Imprint:	Hart Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Alexander Somek
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
Edition:	NIPPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-5099-5133-8
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Promotions
LSN:	1-5099-5133-4
Barcode:	9781509951338

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