General jurisprudence : understanding law from a global perspective /
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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| Series: | Law in context
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Table of Contents:
- Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : the need for a new general jurisprudence
- Analytical jurisprudence in a global context
- Mapping law : families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions
- Constructing conceptions of law : beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn
- Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice
- Human rights as moral, political and legal rights
- Meeting the challenges to human rights as moral rights: Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen
- Empirical dimensions of law and justice
- Diffusion of law: a global perspective
- Surface law
- Is law important? : law and the millennium development goals
- The significance of non-state law
- Human rights : southern voices
- Conclusion
- Some basic concepts
- Elusive isms : instrumentalism, pluralism, scientism, realism
- Law teaching as a vocation