A New Introduction to Jurisprudence
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A New Introduction to Jurisprudence

Legality, Legitimacy and the Foundations of the Law

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence

Legality, Legitimacy and the Foundations of the Law

About this book

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of 'liberal democracy' or 'constitutional democracy'.

In five chapters the book analyses: (i) the idea of higher law, (ii) liberal democracy as a legitimate model for the state, (iii) the separation of church and state or secularism as essential for the democratic state, (iv) the universality of higher law principles, (v) the history of modern political thought.

This interdisciplinary approach to jurisprudence is relevant for legal scholars, philosophers, political theorists, public intellectuals, historians, and politicians.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9780367112349
eBook ISBN
9780429657924
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgment of sources
  9. 1. Legality and legitimacy in natural law and legal positivism
  10. 2. Constitutional democracy as a legitimate form of government
  11. 3. The separation of church and state
  12. 4. The universality of values and principles
  13. 5. The classical foundations of modern law
  14. Index