{"product_id":"knowing-what-the-law-is-alexander-somek-9781509951291","title":"Knowing What the Law Is: Legal Theory in a New Key","description":"This book provides a selective and somewhat cheeky account of prominent positions in legal theory, such as American legal realism, modern legal positivism, sociological systems theory, institutionalism and critical legal studies. It presents a relational approach to law and a new perspective on legal sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book explores topics of legal theory in a playful manner. It is written and composed in a way that refutes the widespread prejudice that legal theory is a dreary subject, with a cast of characters that occasionally interact in order to illustrate the claims of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegal experts claim to know what the law is. Legal theory-or jurisprudence-explores whether such claims are warranted. The discipline first emerged at the turn of the 20th century, when the self-confidence of both legal scholarship and judicial craftsmanship became severely shattered, but the crisis continues to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Somek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509951296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509951291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Alexander Somek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982149058815,"sku":"9781509951291","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f0413de-97ab-4b23-af50-162ef73b0a75.jpg?v=1683259511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knowing-what-the-law-is-alexander-somek-9781509951291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}