Social Order and the Limits of Law (eBook)

A Theoretical Essay

Iredell Jenkins (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400854653 (ISBN)

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Professor Jenkins develops a systematic theory of the origins, the ends, and the functions of law. He then applies this theory to the problems that law encounters and the conditions that it must satisfy if it is to be an effective force in society.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Admission (law) • Ambiguity (law) • Analytical Jurisprudence • An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation • A Theory of Justice • Behavior Modification • By-law • Civil and Political Rights • Civil disobedience • civil liberties • Class action • Common Law • Competition Law • Consideration • Constitutionality • constitutional law • Contemporary Society • Continuance • court order • Cultural Bias • Custom (law) • Deviance (sociology) • disparate impact • divine law • Doctrine • Due Process • Duty of care • elitism • Equality before the law • Equal Protection Clause • Equal Rights Amendment • Governance • Heydon's Case • Ideology • impose • injunction • Institution • Intention (criminal law) • International Law • Judicial Activism • Judicial restraint • Judiciary • labour law • Law in Action • Lawmaking • Law of obligations • law of war • Legal Doctrine • Legalization • Legal Personality • Legal Positivism • Legal proceeding • Legal Realism • Legislation • Legislative intent • Morality • moral responsibility • Natural and legal rights • Necessity • Operation of law • Opportunism • Oppression • Organic theory of the state • Police power (United States constitutional law) • Political Philosophy • Political System • positive law • Positivism • Precedent • Prerogative • Procedural law • Public morality • Public Policy • Relativism • rights • Rule of Law • Rule of Recognition • Scarcity (social psychology) • social conscience • Social Contract • Social Darwinism • Social engineering (political science) • Social engineering (security) • social issue • Social Movement • Social Order • Social Philosophy • social purpose • Social reality • Sociology of Law • Sources of law • Sovereignty • Standing (law) • State of affairs (sociology) • State of nature • Statutory interpretation • The Concept of Law • The Right to Privacy (article) • Utilitarianism • Vested interest (communication theory)
• ISBN-13: 9781400854653 / 9781400854653