• The Nature of Jurisprudence
• Language & the Law
• Law as an Argumentative Attitude
• The Nature of Morality
• The Obligation to Obey the Law
• Utilitarianism
• The Economic Analysis of Law
• Early Legal Positivism – The Command Theory
• Constitutional Legal Positivism – Kelsen’s Theory
• Modern Positivism
• Natural Law
• Sociological Jurisprudence
• American Realism
• Scandanavian Realism
• Historical Jurisprudence
• Anthropological Jurisprudence
• The Origins of Marxism & Its Application in Real Societies
• Contemporary Marxism
• Feminist Jurisprudence
• Arguments about Justice
• John Rawls
• Robert Nozick
• Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Justice
• The Common Law Tradition
• Dworkin’s Law as Integrity
• The Analysis of Rights
• Legal Personality

Reading List

Main Text:
Jurisprudence: The Philosophy of Law – Doherty (Old Bailey Press)

Cases:
Stress will be placed on theory, argument and analysis rather than on case law.