ABSTRACT

Introduction to Critical Legal Theory provides an accessible introduction to the study of law and legal theory. It covers all the seminal movements in classical, modern and postmodern legal thought, engaging the reader with the ideas of jurists as diverse as Aristotle, Hobbes and Kant, Marx, Foucault and Dworkin. At the same time, it impresses the interdisciplinary nature of critical legal thought, introducing the reader to the philosophy, the economics and the politics of law.

This new edition focuses even more intently upon the narrative aspect of critical legal thinking and the re-emergence of a distinctive legal humanism, as well as the various related challenges posed by our 'new' world order.

Introduction to Critical Theory is a comprehensive text for both students and teachers of legal theory, jurisprudence and related subjects.

 

chapter 1|28 pages

IDENTIFYING MODERNISM

chapter 2|22 pages

THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY

chapter 3|24 pages

THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY

chapter 4|26 pages

THE POLITICS OF POSITIVISM

chapter 5|30 pages

LAW AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY

chapter 6|24 pages

POLITICS, POWER AND PRAGMATISM

chapter 7|28 pages

POSTMODERNISM AND DECONSTRUCTION