Knowing What the Law Is: Legal Theory in a New Key (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781509951338)

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.

The 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.

Legal 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.

Author: Alexander Somek
ISBN-10: 1509951334
ISBN-13: 9781509951338
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2023
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d