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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Understanding jurisprudence
    sub title: an introduction to legal theory
  name:
    name part: Wacks, Raymond
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York
    publisher: Oxford University Press
    date issued: c2012
    date issued: 2012
    edition: 3rd ed
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xviii, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Perfect for the student new to jurisprudence, this book provides an illuminating introduction to the central questions of legal theory. An experienced teacher of jurisprudence, Professor Wacks' approach is both accessible and entertaining, providing the ideal base for further study
  table of contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Natural law and morality -- 3. Classical legal positivism -- 4. Modern legal positivism -- 5. Dworkin and the moral integrity of law -- 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 and critical race theory -- 15. Jurisprudence understood?
  note: Raymond Wacks
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index
  subject:
    topic: Jurisprudence
  subject:
    topic: Law
    topic: Philosophy
  classification: d41 K230.W29 W33 2012
  identifier: 0199608261 (paperback : alk. paper)
  identifier: 9780199608263 (paperback : alk. paper)
  record info:
    record creation date: 130520
    record change date: 20140525093000.0
    record identifier: 0000083103