JUS273-2-A / Legal Philosophy

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Natural law theory

· Harries, J. W. (1980), Legal Philosophies (London: Butterworths), chap. 2 "Natural Law" pp. 6-21 (16)

Early legal positivism

· Harries, J. W. (1980), Legal Philosophies (London: Butterworths), chap. 3 "The command theory of law" pp. 24-35 (12)

· Austin, J. (1995) The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) extract: pp. 157-163 (7)

American legal realism

· Leiter, B. "Legal realism" in Patterson, D. (ed.) (1996), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Cambridge Mas.: Blackwell Publishers) pp. 261 - 280 (20)

* Scandinavian legal realism

· Ross, A. (1959) On Law and Justice (Los Angeles: University of California Press) Chap. XI and chap. VI, §38 (16)

Critical legal studies

· Binder, G. (1996) "Critical legal studies" in Patterson (1996) pp. 280-291 (12)

Hart and his critics

· Hart, H. L. A. (1961) The concept of law (London: Clarendon Press) chap. 5 pp. 77-96 (20)

· Fuller, L. (1957) "Positivism and Fidelity to Law - A Reply to Professor Hart" in Harvard Law Review vol. 71 (Cambridge, Mass.: The Harvard Law Review Association) pp. 630-672 (43)

· Dworkin, R. (1978) Taking Rights Seriously (London: Duckworth) chap. 2 "The Model of Rules I" pp. 14-45 (32)

· Freeman, M. D. A. (2001), Lloyd´s Introduction to Jurisprudence (London: Sweet and Maxwell) pp. 1391-1399 (9)

· *Hart, H. L. A. (1994) The concept of law (Oxford: Oxford University Press) "Postscript" pp. 239-276 (38)

· *Shapiro, Scott J. "The 'Hart-Dworkin' Debate: A Short Guide for the Perplexed" in Ripstein, A. (ed.) (2007) Ronald Dworkin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) pp. 22-50 (29)

Constitutional interpretation

· Greenawalt, K. "Constitutional and Statutory interpretation" chap. 3, in Coleman, J. and Shapiro, S. ed. (2002) Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press) pp. 289-310 (22)

· *Scalia, A. "Originalism: the Lesser Evil" in The University of Cincinnati Law Review vol. 57 (1998-1989) pp. 849-866 (18)

In total: 294 pages