The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

When we ask what and why is law, and inquire into the nature of law, we are in the area of the philosophy of law and legal theory. It is the zone where philosophy and morality, epistemology and jurisprudence converge. This makes it seem complex, as it is, but any good guide (and this is an excellent one, above all for the student lawyer and anyone engaged in cross‐disciplinary study) should make these things clear. Golding (Professor of Philosophy and Law at Duke University, and author of Philosophy of Law (Golding, 1975)) and Edmundson (Professor of Law and...