Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Essays in jurisprudence and philosophy	H. L. A. Hart	These essays, which cover a wide range of topics, were written by Professor Hart between 1953 and 1981, and first appeared in a variety of different books and journals.	OL1420741W
Summa Theologica	Thomas Aquinas,Kennedy, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1930	Thomas's magnum opus, comprising a systematic integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christianity. Covers topics such as the nature and existence of God, human nature, law and morality and the r…	OL15314568W
The pursuit of justice	Edward J. López	"The Pursuit of Justice is a realistic yet hopeful analysis of how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The multi-chapter discussion recognizes that decision makers in the law -- judges, …	OL15582412W
Legal Theory	Ian McLeod	Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Is there a duty to obey a law even if it is unjust? Should the law concern itsel…	OL16948460W
Midrash, Mishnah, and Gemara	David Weiss Halivni	From the Introduction... This book was written at a time when my critical commentary on the Talmud (called Sources and Traditions) had achieved half its goal: it covered half of the Talmud text. T…	OL17060975W
The Philosophy of law	R. M. Dworkin	Echoing the debate about the nature of law that has dominated legal philosophy for several decades, this volume includes essays on the nature of law and on law not as it is but as it should be. Where…	OL18284642W
Jurisprudence	Brian Bix	The sixth edition has been substantially revised to take into account the most recent scholarly work, and to elaborate on many of the key ideas and arguments.	OL18699709W
On crimes and punishments and other writings	Cesare Beccaria,Aaron Thomas,Jeremy Parzen	Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) was greeted with much attention and debate in Europe and North America. Intellectuals and rulers alike commended the work a…	OL18769437W
Reasoning with Rules and Precedents	L. Karl Branting	Few areas of human expertise are so well understood that they can be completely reduced to general principles. Similarly, there are few domains in which experience is so extensive that every new prob…	OL19898817W
Morality, Politics, and Law	John-Michael Kuczynski	This work answers two questions: What are moral obligations, and what are legal obligations? In Part 1 of this two-part work, it is argued that moral imperatives are biological imperatives. Sometime…	OL20896936W
Law stories	Gary Bellow,Martha Minow	"War Stories" is the phrase used by academic lawyers to disparage the ways practicing lawyers talk about their experiences. Still, much of what matters about law eludes most academic writings. Perhap…	OL24838271W
Anti-lawyers	Saunders, David	In early modern Europe the law developed as one of the few non-religious orderings of civil life. Its separation from religion was, however, never complete and we see the contest continued today not …	OL2671852W
Hegel's political philosophy	Mark Tunick	To scholars of Western intellectual history Hegel is one of the most important of all political thinkers, but politicians and other "down-to-earth" persons see his speculative philosophy as far remov…	OL2700412W
Jurisprudence	Suri Ratnapala	Jurisprudence offers a comprehensive overview of legal theory and philosophy. Written in plain English, it examines and demystifies the discipline's major ideas, promoting a deeper understanding of t…	OL2854901W
A general jurisprudence of law and society	Brian Z. Tamanaha	"A theoretical and sociological exploration of the relationship between law and society, this book constructs an approach to law that integrates legal theory with sociological approaches to law. Law …	OL2899400W
Law as a Means to an End	Brian Z. Tamanaha	The contemporary U.S. legal culture is marked by ubiquitous battles among various groups attempting to seize control of the law and wield it against others in pursuit of their particular agenda. This…	OL2899403W
The authority of law	Joseph Raz	This revised edition of one of the classic works of modern legal philosophy represents the author's contribution which has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its…	OL3953957W
The general theory of law & Marxism	Evgeniĭ Bronislavovich Pashukanis	"E. B. Pashukanis was the most significant contemporary to develop a fresh, new Marxist perspective in post-revolutionary Russia. In 1924 he wrote what is probably his most influential work, The Gene…	OL4002179W
The province of jurisprudence determined	Austin, John	"Indispensable for all discussions of jurisprudence, The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) is a model of rigorous and clear analysis which brought order to the disparate elements of a legal…	OL463940W
Reason in law	Lief H. Carter	Previous editions : 1998 (5th) ; and 2002 (6th).	OL489592W