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Oct 2, 2019 · The legal theory of justice, as articulated in A Theory of Justice, asserts that every person is entitled to equal basic liberties and should have fair opportunities, ensuring an equal chance compared to others with similar abilities. This perspective emphasises the importance of equality and fairness in the distribution of rights and ...
ctice as discrete, unrelated entities. This article distinguishes between different styles of doing legal theory and legal practice, and argues that the role of legal theory needs to factor in changes in the substance of l. w, legal reasoning, and legal careers. Second, focusing on European civil law countries, this article concludes that most ...
Abstract. With a clear, engaging, and informal style, Understanding Jurisprudence is the perfect guide for students new to legal theory looking for a handy and stimulating starting point to this sometimes daunting subject. Key theories and theorists are introduced in a compact and practicable format, offering an accessible account of the ...
- Raymond Wacks
Dec 16, 2023 · Contemporary legal theorists who contend that it is an important task of legal theory to identify and explain what law is, and maintain that this project can be undertaken relatively independently of, and prior to, attempting to morally evaluate and justify law, have explicitly endorsed the points outlined above concerning the ways in which certain kinds of evaluative judgments must ...
- julie.dickson@law.ox.ac.uk
May 27, 2001 · A theory about the nature of law, as opposed to critical theories of law, concentrates on the first of these two questions. It purports to explain what the normativity of law actually consists in. Some contemporary legal philosophers, however, doubt that these two aspects of the normativity of law can be separated.
- Andrei Marmor, Alexander Sarch
- 2001
Nov 1, 2021 · It argues that legal theory can best fulfil its goal if it provides tools for multidisciplinary theorising as well as categories for critical reflection on the preconditions of legal epistemology ...
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Abstract. This chapter begins with a discussion of the relationship between law and legal theory and continues by clarifying some basic problems of terminology and methodology before concluding with an explanation of why it is useful to study legal theory, both from the perspective of legal practice and within the wider context of the academic ...
