{"product_id":"knowing-what-the-law-is-legal-theory-in-a-new-key-9781509951338","title":"Knowing What the Law Is: Legal Theory in a New Key","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alexander Somek\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Jurisprudence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a selective and somewhat cheeky account of prominent positions in legal theory, such as American legal realism, modern legal positivism, sociological systems theory, institutionalism and critical legal studies. It presents a relational approach to law and a new perspective on legal sources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book explores topics of legal theory in a playful manner. It is written and composed in a way that refutes the widespread prejudice that legal theory is a dreary subject, with a cast of characters that occasionally interact in order to illustrate the claims of the book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegal experts claim to know what the law is. Legal theory-or jurisprudence-explores whether such claims are warranted. The discipline first emerged at the turn of the 20th century, when the self-confidence of both legal scholarship and judicial craftsmanship became severely shattered, but the crisis continues to this day.","brand":"Hart Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084734423191,"sku":"9781509951338","price":5597.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781509951338.webp?v=1768545551","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/knowing-what-the-law-is-legal-theory-in-a-new-key-9781509951338","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}