Properties of Law
Essays in Honour of Jim Harris
Published on 9. February 2006
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-19-929096-3 (ISBN)
Description
The late Jim Harris' theory of the science of law, and his theoretical work on human rights and property, have been a challenge and stimulus to legal scholars for the past twenty-five years. This collection of essays, originally conceived as a festschrift and now offered to the memory of a greatly admired scholar, assesses Harris' contribution across many fields of law and legal philosophy. The chapters are written by some of the foremost specialists writing today, and reflect the wide range of Harris's work, and the depth of his influence on legal studies. They include contributions on topics as diverse as the nature of law and legal reasoning, rival theories of property rights and their impact on practical questions before the courts; the nature of precedent in legal argument; and the evolving concept of human rights and its place in legal discourse.
With a foreword by the Honourable Justice Edwin Cameron, this volume celebrates the life and work of Jim Harris
With a foreword by the Honourable Justice Edwin Cameron, this volume celebrates the life and work of Jim Harris
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic, scholars, and research students in legal philosophy, jurisprudence, property law, and human rights.
Illustrations
1 halftone
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
787 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-929096-3 (9780199290963)
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Persons
Jim Harris: Fellow & Tutor in Law, Keble College, Oxford from 1973 until his death in 2004. Professor since 1997. Formerly Lecturer at the LSE. A distinguished scholar principally in the fields of philosophy and property, and especially the philosophy of property, he had recently turned his attention to human rights; a topic he was actively working on at his untimely death. His major works include Property & Justice (1996) and Law and Legal Science (1979). He was best known to generations of students for his work Legal Philosophies (1980).
Content
Foreword ; I ; Legal Theory ; 1. J.W. Harris's Kelsen ; 2. Interpreting Normativity ; 3. Reductionism and Explanation in Legal Theory ; 4. Scepticism and Scandinavian Legal Realists ; 5. Precedent, Morality and Judicial Discretion in Statutory Interpretation ; II ; Property ; 6. Weak and Strong Conceptions of Property ; 7. Property And Ownership ; 8. The Morality of James Harris's Theory of Property ; 9. Ownership, Co-ownership, and the Justification of Property Rights ; 10. Plants, Torts, and Intellectual Property ; 11. The Legacy of Penn v. Lord Baltimore ; 12. Property, Personality, and Violence ; III ; Precedent ; 13. Towards Principles of Overruling in a Civil Law Supreme Court ; 14. The Rationality of Tradition ; IV ; Human Rights ; 15. Judging Rights in a Democratic South Africa ; 16. Invoking Human Rights ; 17. The Infant in the Snow ; 18. Matter Matters ; Bibliography of the Works of Jim Harris