Modern Jurisprudence A Philosophical Guide

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Justice, law and History......1 Morality ......4 History ...........7 Law .......11 Situating Jurisprudence..........16 Part I : Foundations 2. Origins of the Western Jurisprudential Tradition..............21 A basic Division ........21 Aristotelien Political Thought ...........28 The abandonment of Aristotle ..............32 Suggested Reading ...........35 3. The Emergence of Modern Political Thought ..........37 Hobbes`s View of the Human Condition ......38 Law and Society ...........43 The political Context of Leviathan ...........45 A divided Inheritance ........51 Suggested Reading .........54 4. Images of Law from Grotius to Kant ........56 The Development of Legal Science from Grotius to Kant .........59 A New Framework .............64 Part 2: Debates 5. Positive Law, Positive Justice: Hart ...........79 The Basic Dimensions of Hart`s Positivism ...........84 The Nature of Law ........90 Law and Morality .......96 Suggested Reading.....108 6. Justice in the Real World : Dworkin ..110 The philosopher - Judge ....112 Could the law be an expression of Something other than integrity ..........121 Objectivity, truth and Scepticism ........131 Philosopher-kings and philosopher-Judges ...........133 Suggested reading .........134 7. Justice and the liberal state : Rawls .........135 Rational Reflection and Question of Method .....138 The Problem of Justice ..........142 The First principle of Justice .....148 The Second Principle .......152 The Basic Structure in Context ..157 Suggested reading ......159 8. Justice and the Common Good: Finnis ..161 Introducing the Political Philosophy ......162 The Bsic Goods....165 The Status of Practical Reasonablenss ...165 Order, Community and Justice ......172 Justice and Rights ......185 The Overall Direction of Finnis`s Thought.......215 Suggested Reading .......218 9. Justice and Legality : Fuller ......194 Legality and justice ......195 Justice and the institutional Reality of law .....205 Eunomics -The theory of Good Order ...209 The Direction of Fuller`s Thought.....215 Suggested reading ..218 10. Justice and legal Order : Further Reflections ...........220 Natural Right and Natural Law ....220 The origin of the Law`s Authority ........227 Legel order and positive law ..........234 Summing up ......239 Suggested reading ......240