Philosophy of Law: An Introduction
By Mark Tebbit.
Description
Philosophy of Law: An Introduction provides an ideal starting point to students of philosophy and law, assuming no prior knowledge of either subject. The book is structured around the key issues and themes: * What is the law? - the major legal theories including realism, positivism and natural law* the reach of the law - authority, rights, liberty, privacy and tolerance* criminal responsibility and punishment - legal defenses, crime, diminished responsibility and theories of punishment. The second edition expands the original focus on mainstream legal theory to look at contemporary critica...
ISBN(s)
0415135257, 9780415135252
