The Tapestry of the Law: Scotland, Legal Culture and Legal Theory

ISBN-13: 9789048147670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 258 str.

E. Attwooll

Opis

The Tapestry of the Law brings together a study of a particular legal system - that of Scotland - with a number of (mainly contemporary) theories of or about law. Rather than endorsing any one legal theory, it ends with some tentative conclusions about legal theory itself. It is written for all those interested in the law, whether in the academic context, as practitioners of law or politics, or from the lay point of view, but primarily with students in mind. At this level, chapters II to VI provide an information base for those embarking on courses in comparative law or politics, whilst the whole, and especially the later chapters, will offer most to those who already have some grounding in the issues with which jurisprudence is concerned.

Recenzje

` ... a comprehensive survey of trends in twentieth-century jurisprudence ... The Tapestry of Law is clearly intended for a general audience, and on that level it deserves great success. This is an ideal book to offer to anyone curious about the current concerns of English-speaking philosophers of law. Overall, however, the risks Attwooll has taken by writing this sort of book have been fairly taken, and the result is an enjoyable read with plenty of substance.'
Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques (1998)

Spis treści

Introduction. I. Some Puzzles about the Nature of Law. II. Connecting Law and Society. III. A Constitutional Culture. IV. The Style of Scots Law. V. The Style of Scots Law Continued. VI. And so to Ideology. VII. Matters of Interpretation. VIII. Law in Whose Terms? IX. And What Kind of System? X. The Language of the Law. XI. Some Different Critiques. XII. The Role of Reason. XIII. Weaving the Threads. Index of Authors.