The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory is a handy guide to the state of play in contemporary philosophy of law and legal theory.
- Comprises 23 essays critical essays on the central themes and issues of the philosophy of law today, written by an international assembly of distinguished philosophers and legal theorists
- Each essay incorporates essential background material on the history and logic of the topic, as well as advancing the arguments
- Represents a wide variety of perspectives on current legal theory
Notes on Contributors. Introduction: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University).
Part I: Contending Schools of Thought:.
1. Legal Positivism: Brian H. Bix (University of Minnesota).
2. Natural Law Theory: Mark C. Murphy (Georgetown University.
3. American Legal Realism: Brian Leiter (University of Texas at Austin).
4. Economic Rationality in the Analysis of Legal Rules and Institutions: Lewis A. Kornhauser (New York University).
5. Critical Legal Theory: Mark V. Tushnet (Georgetown University).
6. Four Themes in Feminist Legal Theory: Difference, Dominance, Domesticity, and Denial: Patricia Smith (Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York).
Part II: Doctrinal Domains and Their Philosophical Foundations:.
7. Criminal Law Theory: Douglas Husak (Rutgers University).
8. Philosophy of Tort Law: Between the Banal and the Esoteric: Benjamin C. Zipursky (Fordham University).
9. Contract Theory: Eric Posner (University of Chicago).<l¡
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