General jurisprudence : understanding law from a global perspective / William Twining.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twining, William, 1934- author.

Series:

Law in context.

Law in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jurisprudence.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Law and globalization.

Legal positivism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 517 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores how globalisation influences the understanding of law. Adopting a broad concept of law and a global perspective, it critically reviews mainstream Western traditions of academic law and legal theory. Its central thesis is that most processes of so-called 'globalisation' take place at sub-global levels and that a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law should encompass all levels of social relations and the legal ordering of these relations. It illustrates how the mainstream Western canon of jurisprudence needs to be critically reviewed and extended to take account of other legal traditions and cultures. Written by the one of the foremost scholars in the field, this important work presents an exciting alternative vision of jurisprudence. It challenges the traditional canon of legal theorists and guides the reader through a field undergoing seismic changes in the era of globalisation. This is essential reading for all students of jurisprudence and legal theory.

Contents:

Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : the need for a new general jurisprudence

Analytical jurisprudence in a global context

Mapping law : families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions

Constructing conceptions of law : beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn

Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice

Human rights as moral, political and legal rights

Meeting the challenges to human rights as moral rights: Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen

Empirical dimensions of law and justice

Diffusion of law : a global perspective

Surface law

Is law important? : law and the millennium development goals

The significance of non-state law

Human rights : southern voices

Conclusion

Some basic concepts

Elusive isms : instrumentalism, pluralism, scientism, realism

Law teaching as a vocation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-504) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18947-0

1-282-53922-1

9786612539220

0-511-80737-6

0-511-71889-6

0-511-71934-5

0-511-51516-2

0-511-71843-8

0-511-51644-4

OCLC:

609833550