The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

Abstract

Notes on Contributors. Introduction: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part I: Contending Schools of Thought:. 1. Legal Positivism: Brian H. Bix (University of Minnesota). 2. Natural Law Theory: Mark C. Murphy (Georgetown University. 3. American Legal Realism: Brian Leiter (University of Texas at Austin). 4. Economic Rationality in the Analysis of Legal Rules and Institutions: Lewis A. Kornhauser (New York University). 5. Critical Legal Theory: Mark V. Tushnet (Georgetown University). 6. Four Themes in Feminist Legal Theory: Difference, Dominance, Domesticity, and Denial: Patricia Smith (Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York). Part II: Doctrinal Domains and Their Philosophical Foundations:. 7. Criminal Law Theory: Douglas Husak (Rutgers University). 8. Philosophy of Tort Law: Between the Banal and the Esoteric: Benjamin C. Zipursky (Fordham University). 9. Contract Theory: Eric Posner (University of Chicago). 10. The Commons and the Anticommons in the Law and Theory of Property: Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles). 11. Legal Evidence: Alvin I. Goldman (Rutgers University). Part III: Perennial Topics:. 12. Obligation: Matthew H. Kramer (Cambridge University). 13. Theories of Rights: Alon Harel (University of Jerusalem). 14. A Contractarian Approach to Punishment: Claire Finklestein (University of Pennsylavania). 15. Responsibility: Martin P. Golding (Duke University). 16. Legislation: Jeremy J. Waldron (Columbia University). 17. Constitutionalism: Larry A. Alexander (University of San Diego). 18. Adjudication and Legal Reasoning: Richard Warner (Illinois Institute of Technology). 19. Privacy: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part IV: Continental Perspectives:. 20. On Legal Positivism and Natural Law Theory: Jes Bjarup (Stockholm University). 21. Some Contemporary Trends in Continental Philosophy of Law: Guy Haarscher (Free University of Brussels). Part V: Methodological Concerns:. 22. Objectivity: Nicos Stavropoulos (Oxford University). 23. Can There Be a Theory of Law?: Joseph Raz (Oxford University). Index