Jurisprudence

Date: 2024

ISBN: 978-1-925631-03-6

Format: A4, 2-page, Laminated Card

Description

The aim of this Student Guide Card is to provide students with an outline of the basic concepts and principles of Jurisprudence. In particular, the topics discussed in this title include: (i) what is ‘jurisprudence’?; (ii) natural law; (iii) the classic period of natural law; (iv) Plato (427-347 BC); (v) Aristotle (384-322 BC); (vi) the medieval period of natural law; (vii) St Tomas Aquinas (1224-1274); (viii)  the modern period of natural law; (ix) Lon Fuller (1902-1978); (x) John Finnis (1940-Present); (xi) legal positivism; (xiii) classic legal positivism; (xiv) Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832); (xv) John Austin (1790-1852); (xvi) Hans Kelsen (1881-1973); (xvii) modern legal positivism; (xviii) H.L.A. Hart (1907-1992); (xix) Joseph Raz (1939-Present); (xx) other theories of law; (xxi) John Rawls (1921-2002); and (xxii) Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013).