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020			_a9789988144753
050			_aK231.Of2
100			_aOffei, Stephen.
245			_aJurisprudence and legal philosophy. / _cStephen Offei.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aBomso: _bComfrals Publishing, _c2013.
300			_axvii,279p.: _bill.; _c24cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents:Introduction:The scope of jurisprudence and legal philosophy -- Problems of the nature of law -- The validity of laws -- Legal positivism the analytical approach:Introduction -- The imperative theory:Jeremy Bentham's theory of law -- Modified positivism -- The pure theory of law-Hans Kelsen general account -- Natural law theories -- Empirical and functional theories:Functionalism and sociology of law -- Sociological jurisprudence -- The sociology of law -- Historical school of jurisprudence: Savigny, Maine -- Legal realism -- The Marxist approach to law -- Dworkin's Right Thesis -- Critical legal studies and gender -- The limits of law -- The judicial process:Reasoning in the law -- Legal concepts -- Punishment:Utilitarianism -- Punishment:Retributivism -- Dispute settlement and justice.
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