General Jurisprudence : Understanding Law from a Global Perspective / William Twining.
Material type: TextSeries: Law in contextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xxiii, 543 p. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780521505932 (hbk.)
- 0521505933 (hbk.)
- 9780521738095 (pbk.)
- 0521738091 (pbk.)
- G42 23 T923
- K230.T875 .T88 2009
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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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