General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521738095)

This book explores how globalisation influences the understanding of law. Adopting a broad concept of law and a global perspective, it critically reviews mainstream Western traditions of academic law and legal theory. Its central thesis is that most processes of so-called 'globalisation' take place at sub-global levels and that a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law should encompass all levels of social relations and the legal ordering of these relations. It illustrates how the mainstream Western canon of jurisprudence needs to be critically reviewed and extended to take account of other legal traditions and cultures. Written by the one of the foremost scholars in the field, this important work presents an exciting alternative vision of jurisprudence. It challenges the traditional canon of legal theorists and guides the reader through a field undergoing seismic changes in the era of globalisation. This is essential reading for all students of jurisprudence and legal theory.

Author: William Twining
ISBN-10: 0521738091
ISBN-13: 9780521738095
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2009
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.80w x 1.10d