Legal Philosophies has been written to provide a clear guide to the main topics in a jurisprudence or legal theory course with the novice in mind. It provides summaries of the pertinent arguments within these topics, and of the views of leading theorists. This new edition takes a look at the emergence of ‘critical legal studies' and ‘feminist jurisprudence', whilst there are new sections on ‘moral truth' and ‘communitarianism' (a revived theoretical approach). Contents: 1. What is Jurisprudence About? 2. Natural Law and Moral Truth 3. The Command Theory of Law 4. Utilitarianism and the Economic Analysis of Law 5. Punishment 6. Kelson's Pure Theory of Law 7. Legal Concepts 8. Legal Realism and Critical Legal Studies 9. Hart's Concept of Law 10. Freedom and the Enforcement of Morals 11. The Morality of Law and the Rule of Law 12. Statutory Interpretation 13. Precedent 14. Dworkin's Rights Thesis 15. Legal Reasoning 16. The Duty to Obey the Law 17. The Historical School and Non-state Law 18. Sociological Jurisprudence 19. Law, Social Theory and Marxist Jurisprudence 20. Justice: Liberal, Communitarian and Feminist Index

1. What is jurisprudence about? 2. Natural law and moral truth 3. The command theory of law 4. Utilitarianism and the economic analysis of law 5. Punishment 6. Kelson's pure theory of law 7. Legal concepts 8. Legal realism and critical legal studies 9. Hart's concept of law 10. Freedom and the enforcement of morals 11. The morality of law and the rule of law 12. Statutory interpretation 13. Precedent 14. Dworkin's rights thesis 15. Legal reasoning 16. The duty to obey the law 17. The historical school and non-state law 18. Sociological jurisprudence 19. Law, social theory and Marxist jurisprudence 20. Justice: liberal, communitarian and feminist Index

J. W. Harris , Former Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, Fellow of Keble College, Oxford