TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twining,William
TI  - General jurisprudence: understanding law from a global perspective 
T2  - Law in context
SN  - 9780511719349 (electronic bk.)
U1  - 340 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Law and globalization
KW  - Legal positivism
KW  - Jurisprudencia
KW  - Derecho
KW  - Filosofía
KW  - Globalización
KW  - Positivismo jurídico
KW  - Droit
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Droit et mondialisation
KW  - Positivisme juridique
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-504) and index; Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : 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 : 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
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