Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence

by Dennis Lloyd, Michael Freeman

Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence is the leading textbook on jurisprudence in the English-speaking world. It enables the reader to develop a good understanding of the theories of the different schools of jurisprudence, and to appreciate the contributions made to legal theory by leading jurists and others, from the Ancient Greeks to the postmodernists.
Lloyd's combines a substantial text with extracts from a wide range of authoritative sources. The works of more than 100 jurists are extracted, from Aristotle to Dworkin, and beyond. These are supported by detailed and well-documented introductory section which offer critical insight into the texts. Students and their teachers will profit from having in one book a wide-ranging compendium of legal though. Lloyd is a library in itself.
The ninth edition includes new chapters on The Philosophy of Human Rights; Globalization and the Legal Order; and Law, Language and Literature; together with over 30 new extracts from modern sources, bring the debate right up to date.
Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence offer both text and library, enabling students to find, comprehend and evaluate the core materials, classical and contemporary, in one of the most difficult but exciting of disciplines.

Genres: Law, Philosophy, Reference

1617 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

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Dennis Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Hampstead was a British jurist.

Reviews

[Ken Ngeny Mugungei]

The mother of all jurisprudence books...good for Legal Theories, Political Philosophy and Social Foundations of Law

[Phillip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anyone looking to tackle this difficult and complex area of legal study, they should look no further than Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence. It sublimely combines text with source extracts meaning it is an indispensable guide to the voluminous wealth of source material.

[Xdyj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Textbook of a course I took in college.

[Kamarac]

this book is sheer genius, all that a student of juris. wants, god save freeman!

[Shekhar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ideal gateway for the bigger picture.

[Wasiya · Rating 4 out of 5]

must read for critical understanding