General jurisprudence : understanding law from a global perspective / William Twining.
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TextSeries: Law in context: Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: xxiii, 517 p. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780521505932 (hbk.); 0521505933 (hbk.); 9780521738095 (pbk.); 0521738091 (pbk.)Subject(s): Jurisprudence | Law -- Philosophy | Law and globalization | Legal positivismDDC classification: 340 LOC classification: K230.T875 | T88 2009Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-504) and index.
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.
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