UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF LAW

LEGAL THEORY 2"d Semester, SY 2011 - 2012 CARM ELO V. SISON Professor of Law

Basic Texts:

D. Lloyd, The Idea of Law (1976) Freeman, M.D.A., Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence (2011) H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law (1961) Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Law, Summa Theologica I-II, QQ 90-104
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

A. INTRODUCTION

1. Subject Matter and Scope a. The New Encyclopedia Britanica, Western Philosophy of Law, 718-725, Vol. 25 (1995) b. Fernando, The Relevance of Philosophy to Law 73 Phil. L.J. 3-54 (1998) c. Adler, The Four Dimensions of Philosophy 3-42 (1993) d. T.Z. Lavine, From Socrates to Sartre: 398-412 (1989) The Philosophic Quest,

e. *Soper, Making Sense of Modern Jurisprudence, 67-75 f. *Soper, What is Law?, 24-29, Law Quadrangle Notes (1987) g. Hart, Persistent Questions, 1-17 h. *Lloyd, Preface and Conceptual Thinking in Law 287-299 2. How do we know Law? a. Adler, Ten Philosophical Mistakes, 1-29; *30-53; *59-82 b. Brennan, Thomistic Psychology, 111-146 c. *Zimbardo&Gerrig, Psychology & Life (14th ed.), 215-257; 342426
B. THE NATURE OF LAW

1. In General a. Murphy and Coleman, The Nature of Law, 7-65 (1990)

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b. Fernandez, Philosophy and Law, 599 c. Wollheim, The Nature of Law, Political Studies 128 (1954) d. Altman, Arguing About Law, 1-29 2. Is Law Necessary? Lloyd, 11-25 Lloyd, 138-140 3. Law and Freedom Lloyd, 138-169 Fagothey, 114-123 4. Law and Force Lloyd, 26-45 5. Law and Custom Lloyd, 226-255 C. NATURAL LAW

1. Classical Natural Law

a. Fagothey, 124-138 b. *Murphy & Coleman, 11-19 (1990) c. Brian Brix d. Susan Dimock 2. Modern Natural Law 42 Fernando, Natural Rights Legal Theory, 74 Phil. L.J. 2 (1990) 2. Fuller, Lon, The Morality of Law 3. Law and Morals Lloyd, 46-68 Hart, 160-207 *Altman, 32-48 4. Law and Justice Lloyd, 116-137 Hart, 150-180 D. LEGAL POSITIVISM 1. In General Feinberg & Coleman, 33 (2000)
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Murphy and Coleman, 19-33 (1990) Lloyd, 95-115 *Altman, 50-58 Holmes, O.W. The Path of Law 2. Austin's Concept Austin, Province of Jurisprudence Determined Lecture VI, pp.

191-361
Lloyd, Law, Sovereignty and the State, 170-198 Hart, 49-76 3. Hares Concept a. Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules Hart, 76-96 b. The Foundations of a Legal System Hart, 97-120 4. Kelsen's Concept a. Kelsen. The Pure Theory of Law and Analytical Jurisprudence, 55 Harv. L.R. 44-70 b. Kelsen . On the Pure Theory of Law, Israel L.R. 1-17 (1996) *Kelsen, General Theory of Law & State, 3-162
E. CRITIQUE OF LEGAL POSITIVISM AND NATURAL LAW

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Dworkin, Is Law a Matter of Rules? 38-65 in Philosophy of Law

(1977 Dworkin, ed.) 2. Bentham & Austin, Hart &Kelsen F. SOCIOLOGICALJURISPRUDENCE

1. In General Lloyd, 199 - 225 *Murphy & Coleman, 33-55 (1990) 2. Legal Realism Llewelyn, Karl. The Bramble Bush, 11-24 Roscoe Pound, Jurisprudence of Interest Jerome Frank, Law & The Modern Mind 3. Law from the F'olicy Perspective Reisman&Schrieder, Jurisprudence: Understanding & Shaping
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Law, 1-20; 23-52 (1987) 4. *Altman, 217-244

G. CRITICAL LEGAL STUDIES

Kellman, M. A Guide to Critical Legal Studies (1987)

* Need not be discussed in class

REFERENCES
BOOKS 1. Adler, Mortimer. Ten Philosophical Mistakes (1995) 2. . The Four Dimensions of Philosophy (1993) Altman, Andrews. Arguing About Law (1997) Aquinas, Thomas. Treatise on Law, Summa Theologica I-II QQ 90-104 Austin, John. Province of Jurisprudence Determined Lecture VI, pp.191- 361 (1954,ed.) 3. Bodenheimer, Edgar. Jurisprudence (1962) 4. Brennan, Robert. Thomistic Psychology (1941) 5. Cairns, Huntington. Legal Philosophy from Plato to Hegel (1949) 6. Dworkin, Ronald. Taking Rights Seriously (1997) 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. . A Matter of Principle (1985) . Law's Empire (19C6) Finnis, John. Natural Law NJtural Rights (1980) Frank, Jerome. Law and the Modern Mind (1963) Friedman, Wolfgang. Legal
-~heory

9. Fagothey, Austin. Right & Reason (1963)

(1960)

. Law in a Cha 1 1ging Society (1964) Friedrich, Carl Joachim. The Philosophy of Law in Historical Perspective (1958) Fuller, Lon. Anatomy of the Law (1968) . Morality of t/1.: Law (1961) Hart, H.L.A. The Concept uf :_aw (1961) Essays in Law and Jurisprudence (1963) Kelsen, Hans. Pure Theory of Law (1967) . General Theory of Law and State (1961) Llewelyn, Karl. The Bramb/, Gush (1951) Lloyd, Dennis. The Idea of Law (1964)
& Freeman, M.D.A. Lloyd's Introduction to

Jurisprudence ( 1968)
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Murphy & Jeffrie & Coleman, Jules, (eds). Philosophy of Law (1990) Pascual, Crisolito. Introduction to Legal Philosophy (1997) Patterson, Edwin. Jurisprudence (1953) Paton, G.W.I A Text Book of Jurisprudence (1951) Pound, Roscoe. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (1922) Rawis, John. A Theory of Justice (1971) Reisman, W.M. Scrieber A. Jurisprudence: Understanding and Shaping Law (1987) Raz, Joseph. The Concept of a Legal System (1980) . The Authority of Law Sinha, Surya Prakash. Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy in a Nutshell (1993) Soper, Philip. A Theory of Law (1983) Stone, Julius. The Province & Function of Law (1946) Human Law and Human Justice (1965) Legal Systems & Lawyers Reasonings (1965) Social Dimensions of Justice (1965) Unger, Roberto Mangabeira. Law in Modern Society . The Critical Legal Studies Movement (1986)