TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twining, William
TI  - General jurisprudence: understanding law from a global perspective
SN  - 9780521738095
U1  - 340.1 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - CUP
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Law and Globalization
KW  - Law--Philosophy
N1  - Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law : a new general jurisprudence 
Chapter 2. Analytical jurisprudence in a global context 
Chapter 3. Mapping law : families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions 
Chapter 4. Constructing conceptions of law : beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn 
Chapter 5. Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice 
Chapter 6. Human rights as moral, political and legal rights 
Chapter 7. Meeting the challenges to human rights : Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen 
Chapter 8. Empirical dimensions of law and justice 
Chapter 9. Diffusion of law : a global perspective 
Chapter 10. Surface law 
Chapter 11. Is law important? : law and the millennium development goals 
Chapter 12. The significance of non-state law 
Chapter 13. Human rights : southern voices 
Chapter 14. Conclusion 
Some basic concepts 
Elusive isms : instrumentalism, pluralism, scientism, realism 
Law teaching as a vocation
ER  -