Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence

This book is both a work of intellectual history and a contribution to legal philosophy. It represents a serious and philosophically sophisticated guide to modern American legal theory, demonstrating that legal positivism has been a misunderstood and underappreciated perspective through most of twentieth-century American legal thought. The broad scope of this book ensures that it will be read by philosophers of law, historians of law, historians of American intellectual life, and those in political science concerned with public law and administration.

Comprehensive guide to modern American legal theory
Combines intellectual history with legal philosophy

Reviews & endorsements

"...the great strength of Sebok's book...is the ease with which he is able to demonstrate that so many of the great names of American jurisprudence were wrong in what they tried to teach us." Scott D. Gerber, The Law and Politic Book Review

"...an excellent companion for collections on legal theory, history, and philosophy of law." Choice

"Anthony Sebok's Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence is a fine and important book, and it deserves to be read on both sides of the Atlantic by all those with an interest in Anglo-American legal history, Anglo-American legal theory, and the peculiar Anglo-American idea of positive law...Sebok participates in an important modern trend. Luckily for the readers of his book, Sebok is a better historian than he lets on, and his book rises above the personal journey that he promises." Rechtshistorisches Journal

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Product details

Published: April 2011
Format: Adobe eBook Reader
ISBN: 9780511835025
Length: 0 pages
Weight: 0kg
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