Asking the Law Question: The Dissolution of Legal TheoryEssential reading for all those who wish to understand why legal theory is important to legal education, and for those who wish to extend their understanding of this dynamic academic discipline. A variety of perspectives are drawn together including social, literary, feminist and postmodernist theories. |
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Asking the Law Question What Is It? | 1 |
Classical Common Law Theory | 33 |
Natural Law and Positivism | 67 |
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