High Distinction Jurisprudence/LLB2290 Exam Notes

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These extremely detailed notes assisted me achieving my highest final subject mark of my law degree - an 88. Jurisprudence requires a unique method of thinking to achieve in the subject; I feel these notes articulate the appropriate theories in an easy-to-understand manner. These notes contain information relevant to both essay-style and problem-style examination questions, and are sorted clearly by both the theories and theorists themselves. Topics included are: 1. Scope and Purpose of Legal Theory 2. Legal Theory as a Practice of Law 3. Legal Theory and the Nature of Community (Aristotle, Cicero, St Thomas Aquinas) 4. Theorists- Hobbes, Locke, Fuller, Liberalism etc 5. Legal positivism- Hart, Bentham, Austin 6. Marx, Durkheim, Weber, The Crits 7. Pound, The American Legal Realists, Holmes, Realist Manifesto, Llewellyn, Frank 8. Identifying views of judges 9. Post-modernism, post-structuralism, feminist legal theories, post-colonial and critical race theories. 10. Ronald Dworkin 11. Capstone Topic