Lloyd and Freeman's introduction to jurisprudence / by Dr. Gavin Byrne.

London : Sweet & Maxwell 2025.

10th edition

203064

Jurisprudence.

Part I. Introduction

1. Studying jurisprudence

Part II. Schools of thought

2. Natural law

3. British positivism and its followers

4. The pure theory of law

5. Dworkin and interpretivism

6. Sociological jurisprudence and the sociology of law

7. American legal realism

8. The Scandinavian realists

9. Historical and anthropological jurisprudence

10. Marxist theories of law and state

11. Critical legal studies

12. Feminist jurisprudence

13. Postmodernist jurisprudence

14. Critical race theory

Part III. Themes

15. Theories of justice

16. The philosophy of human rights

17. Globalisation and the legal order

18. Law, language and literature

19. Theories of adjudication.

Lloyd and Freeman’s Introduction to Jurisprudence is the leading textbook on jurisprudence in the English-speaking world. It enables the reader to develop a good understanding of the theories of the different schools of jurisprudence, and to appreciate the contributions made to legal theory by leading jurists and others, from ancient times to the present day. Lloyd combines a substantial text with extracts from a wide range of authoritative sources. The works of more than 150 jurists are extracted, from Aristotle to Judith Butler, and beyond. These are supported by detailed and well-documented introductory sections which offer critical insight into the texts. Students and their teachers will profit from having in one book a wide-ranging compendium of legal thought. Lloyd is a library in itself. This tenth edition includes significant reorganisation of the text into two distinct sections: Schools of Thought and Themes; together with 11 new extracts from modern sources, bringing the debate right up to date. Lloyd and Freeman’s Introduction to Jurisprudence offers both text and library, enabling students to find, comprehend and evaluate the core materials, classical and contemporary, in one of the most difficult but exciting of disciplines. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition 2014.

Includes index.

9780414066953

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