General Jurisprudence : Understanding Law from a Global Perspective (Paperback)

Part I: 1. Jurisprudence, globalisation and the discipline of law: the need for a new general jurisprudence; 2. Analytical jurisprudence in a global context; 3. Mapping law: families, civilisations, cultures, and traditions; 4. Constructing conceptions of law: beyond Hart, Tamanaha and Llewellyn; 5. Normative jurisprudence, utilitarianism, and theories of justice; 6. Human rights as moral, political and legal rights; 7. Meeting the challenges to human rights as moral rights: Griffin, Tasioulas and Sen; 8. Empirical dimensions of law and justice; Part II: 9. Diffusion of law: a global perspective; 10. Surface law; 11. Is law important? Law and the Millennium Development Goals; 12. The significance of non-state law; 13. Human rights: Southern voices; 14. Conclusion.