Modern legal theory contains a wide range of approaches and topics. This book offers clear and precise explanations of the terminology and concepts of all the major branches of legal theory: from economic analysis of law to critical race theory to traditional analytical jurisprudence. It also contains longer entries on major topics which provide useful introductions to theoretical issues.

Edited by Brian Bix, Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Minnesota

`The one book on Philosophy of Law I urge you to buy is A Dictionary of Legal Theory..., a work which you will find accessible and easy to understand ... The great overall contribution by Brian H. Bix, in his books on the philosophy of law, is that he takes concepts that were previously abstract and dry and make them accessible, comprehensible, and interesting! Bix has a talent for making the field of legal philosophy available to the non-expert reader in a thorough, lucid, and engaging way. His genius also is in his ability to take a complex legal problem and go to the jugular instantly, dissecting the problems component parts with surgical skill and providing an excellent analysis and solution and I look forward to the publication of his many other works...' Howard Wieder, Queens Bar Bulletin |d 01/01/2008