General jurisprudence : understanding law from a global perspective

Jurisprudence Law and globalization Law kurssikirja sähkökirjat
Cambridge University Press
2009
EISBN 9780511807374
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.
