The politics of jurisprudence Book

In The Politics of Jurisprudence, Roger Cotterrell offers a concise introduction to and commentary on Anglo-American jurisprudence, and a contribution to the study of the development of American and English general conceptions of law since the establishment of modern legal professions in the United States and Britain. Cotterrell defines legal philosophy not as a self-contained realm of ideas, but as an intellectual response to political conditions and the dilemmas of lawyers as a professional group during the past century. The Politics of Jurisprudence will be of value to students of law and political science as well as professionals interested in legal theory and the development of legal thought.