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The Great Juristic Bazaar: Jurists' Texts and Lawyers' Stories
Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. Building on a pragmatic view of jurisprudence, The Great Juristic Bazaar explores different ways of reading and using Juristic texts, to set them in context, to bring them to life and to engage with the reader's own concerns.
| Author(s) | By William Twining. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 518 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 9 May 2002 |
| Availability | Available |
Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. Building on a pragmatic view of jurisprudence, The Great Juristic Bazaar explores different ways of reading and using Juristic texts, to set them in context, to bring them to life and to engage with the reader's own concerns.
Contents: Introduction. Jurist's Texts: R.G. Collingwood's autobiography: one reader's response; The bad man revisited; Academic law and legal philosophy: the significance of Herbert Hart; Talk about realism; Karl Llewellyn's unfinished agenda: law in soc
William Twining, Research Professor of Law at University College London, UK, having been Quain Professor of Jurisprudence from 1982 to 1986.
