On the History of the Idea of Law
Letwin, Shirley Robin.
On the History of the Idea of Law [electronic resource]. / Shirley Robin Letwin. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 - 1 online resource (364 p.) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jul 2012).
Editor's preface; Introduction; Part I. Law Anchored to a Cosmic Order: 1. Plato; 2. Aristotle; 3. Cicero; Part II. The Christian Revision: 4. St Augustine; 5. St Thomas Aquinas; Part III. The Modern Quest: 6. Thomas Hobbes; 7. John Locke; 8. Immanuel Kent; 9. Jeremy Bentham; Part IV. The Significance of Rules: 10. From historical jurisprudence to realism; 11. The Defence of Rules; Part V. The Idea of Law Repudiated: 12. Marxist Theories; 13. Political jurisprudence 1; 14. Political jurisprudence 2; Part VI. New Foundations: 15. A skeptical jurisprudence; 16. Postscript; Index.
On the History of the Idea of Law traces the development of the philosophical theory of law from its first appearance in Plato's writings to today. Shirley Letwin finds important and positive insights and tensions in the theories of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Hobbes as well as confusion and serious errors introduced by Cicero, Aquinas, Bentham, and Marx. She harnesses the insights of H.L.A. Hart and especially Michael Oakeshott to mount a devastating attack on the late twentieth-century theories of Ronald Dworkin, the Critical Legal Studies movement, and feminist jurisprudence.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780511490613 (ebook) 9780521854238 (hardback)
Law--Philosophy--History.
On the History of the Idea of Law [electronic resource]. / Shirley Robin Letwin. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 - 1 online resource (364 p.) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jul 2012).
Editor's preface; Introduction; Part I. Law Anchored to a Cosmic Order: 1. Plato; 2. Aristotle; 3. Cicero; Part II. The Christian Revision: 4. St Augustine; 5. St Thomas Aquinas; Part III. The Modern Quest: 6. Thomas Hobbes; 7. John Locke; 8. Immanuel Kent; 9. Jeremy Bentham; Part IV. The Significance of Rules: 10. From historical jurisprudence to realism; 11. The Defence of Rules; Part V. The Idea of Law Repudiated: 12. Marxist Theories; 13. Political jurisprudence 1; 14. Political jurisprudence 2; Part VI. New Foundations: 15. A skeptical jurisprudence; 16. Postscript; Index.
On the History of the Idea of Law traces the development of the philosophical theory of law from its first appearance in Plato's writings to today. Shirley Letwin finds important and positive insights and tensions in the theories of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Hobbes as well as confusion and serious errors introduced by Cicero, Aquinas, Bentham, and Marx. She harnesses the insights of H.L.A. Hart and especially Michael Oakeshott to mount a devastating attack on the late twentieth-century theories of Ronald Dworkin, the Critical Legal Studies movement, and feminist jurisprudence.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780511490613 (ebook) 9780521854238 (hardback)
Law--Philosophy--History.