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The epistemological foundations of law : readings and commentary

By: Publication details: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007.Description: xxv, 963 p. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781594603877 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1594603871 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.1 22
LOC classification:
  • K230.D668 A34 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1: Setting the epistemological context; Chapter 2: The epistemology of presocratic Greek rationalism; Chapter 3: Plato's epistemology and his theory of ethics, government, and law; Chapter 4: Aristotle's epistemology and his theory of ethics, government, and law; Chapter 5: Natural law theory; Chapter 6: The decline of classical naturalism : the modernist challenge; Chapter 7: The rise of legal positivism; Chapter 8: Epistemological themes of twentieth-century natural law theory; Chapter 9: Epistemological themes of twentieth-century legal positivism; Chapter 10: Contemporary highlights of the positivist/naturalist debate; Chapter 11: Contemporary highlights of the debate over naturalism : controversy from within and without; Chapter 12: The postmodern challenge to foundationalism; Chapter 13: Postmodernism in the United States; Author Index; Subject Index.
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BOOKs National Law School REFERENCE SECTION 340.1 DOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Not For Loan Recommended by Prof. Dr. Sanjay Jain 39046

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Chapter 1: Setting the epistemological context;
Chapter 2: The epistemology of presocratic Greek rationalism;
Chapter 3: Plato's epistemology and his theory of ethics, government, and law;
Chapter 4: Aristotle's epistemology and his theory of ethics, government, and law;
Chapter 5: Natural law theory;
Chapter 6: The decline of classical naturalism : the modernist challenge;
Chapter 7: The rise of legal positivism;
Chapter 8: Epistemological themes of twentieth-century natural law theory;
Chapter 9: Epistemological themes of twentieth-century legal positivism;
Chapter 10: Contemporary highlights of the positivist/naturalist debate;
Chapter 11: Contemporary highlights of the debate over naturalism : controversy from within and without;
Chapter 12: The postmodern challenge to foundationalism;
Chapter 13: Postmodernism in the United States;
Author Index;
Subject Index.

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