SCOTS LAW – Jurisprudence

SCOTS LAW – Jurisprudence

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Essay topic

“To what extent can Dworkin’s interpretivist theory be understood as compatible with positivism’s fundamental tenets? Discuss”

The main textbook which provides succinct analysis of the vast majority of topics in this module is J.E. Penner, E. Melissaris ‘McCoubrey & White’s Textbook on Jurisprudence’, Fifth edition, Oxford University Press, 2012. It can be acquired at the University bookshop.

Recommended reading includes the following textbooks and commented collections of classical texts in legal philosophy: J. Penner, D. Schiff, R. Nobles (eds.), ‘Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Commentary and Materials’, Oxford University Press, 2002; M.D.A. Freeman, ‘Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence’, Eights edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2008; S. Ratnapala, ‘Jurisprudence’, Cambridge University Press, 2008; A. Kavanagh, J. Oberdiek (eds.), ‘Arguing About Law’, Routledge, 2009; J.G. Riddall, ‘Jurisprudence’, Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2010.

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