The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I Contending Schools of Thought 1 Natural Law Theory by Mark C. Murphy 2 Legal Positivism by Brian H. Six 3 American Legal Realism by Brian Leiter 4 Economic Rationality in the Analysis of Legal Rules and Institutions Lewis A. Kornbauser 5 Critical Legal Theory by Mark V. Tushnet 6 Four Themes in Feminist Legal Theory: Difference, Dominance, Domesticity, and Denial by Patricia Smith Part II Doctrinal Domains and their Philosophical Foundations 7 Criminal Law Theory by Douglas Husak 8 Philosophy of Tort Law by Benjamin C. Zipursky 9 Contract Theory by Eric A. Posner 10 The Commons and the Anticommons in the Law and Theory of Property by Stephen R. Munzer 11 Legal Evidence by Alvin I. Goldman Part III Perennial Topics 12 Legal and Moral Obligation by Matthew H. Kramer 13 Theories of Rights by Alon Harel 14 A Contractarian Approach to Punishment by Claire Finkelstein 15 Responsibility by Martin P. Golding 16 Legislation by JeremyJ. Waldron 17 Constitutionalism by Larry A. Alexander 18 Adjudication and Legal Reasoning by Richard Warner 19 Privacy by William A. Edmundson Part IV Continental Perspectives 20 Continental Perspectives on Natural Law Theory and Legal Positivism by Jes Bjarup 21 Some Contemporary Trends in Continental Philosophy of Law by Guy Haarscher Part V Methodological Concerns 22 Objectivity by Nicos Stavropoulos 23 Can There Be a Theory of Law? by Joseph Raz