General jurisprudence : understanding law from a global perspective / William Twining.
2009
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Title
General jurisprudence : understanding law from a global perspective / William Twining.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 517 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Law in context.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Summary
This book explores how globalisation influences the understanding of law. Adopting a broad concept of law and a global perspective, it critically reviews mainstream Western traditions of academic law and legal theory. Its central thesis is that most processes of so-called 'globalisation' take place at sub-global levels and that a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law should encompass all levels of social relations and the legal ordering of these relations. It illustrates how the mainstream Western canon of jurisprudence needs to be critically reviewed and extended to take account of other legal traditions and cultures. Written by the one of the foremost scholars in the field, this important work presents an exciting alternative vision of jurisprudence. It challenges the traditional canon of legal theorists and guides the reader through a field undergoing seismic changes in the era of globalisation. This is essential reading for all students of jurisprudence and legal theory.
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Cambridge Books Online.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511807374 (ebook)
9780521505932 (hardback)
9780521738095 (paperback)
9780521505932 (hardback)
9780521738095 (paperback)
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