Jurisprudence: Text and Readings on the Philosophy of Law (American Casebook Series) 
asked by bugger on November 12, 2006 1:21 AM
Retains many of the classic readings from the First Edition and extended readings from Aristotle, Aquinas, John Austin, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Hans Kelsen, O.W. Holmes, and the American Legal Realists. New excerpts from Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, Rudolf von Jhering, Francois Geny, Henry Sumner Maine, Roscoe Pound, Lon Fuller, and H.L.A. Hart. New readings include excerpts from Critical Legal Studies, Feminist Jurisprudence, Critical Race Studies, and Law and Economics. Contemporary legal philosophers chosen for extended treatment include John Raws, John M. Finnis, Joseph Raz, Ronald Dworkin, Duncan Kennedy, and Richard A. Posner.
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I used this book in a law school class on Jurisprudence. The book is weak on Cicero and the Stoics, strong on the 20th/c movements. Best of all, it introduced me to the work of John Finnis!
reviewed by sumbuddy on November 12, 2006 9:00 PM