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13: Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory

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    Matthias Mahlmann
    Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory

    I.The Problems of the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

    II.A Map of Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

    1.Descriptive and Analytical Theory

    2.Explanatory Theories

    3.Normative Theory

    4.The Relationship of Law and Morality

    5.Epistemology

    6.Ontology

    7.Grotius and Methodological Secularism

    8.The Question of Universalism

    III.The Point of Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

    IV.Theory of Justice

    V.A Concept of Justice

    VI.The Birth of the Human Rights Idea

    VII.Contemporary Human Rights Theory

    Selected Bibliography


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