Books in the Collected Essays in Law series

Examines the relationship between law, society and social theory and the various ideas social theorists have had about the actual and ideal 'fit' between law and its social context. This book asks how far it is possible to get beyond this mainstream paradigm.

Martin Golding's approach to the philosophy of law is that it contains conceptual and normative issues. This title is a selection of articles and chapters published over Golding's academic career. It examines logical issues in legal reasoning. It discusses various theories of law.

The first part of this book deals with reading and interpreting juristic texts. The second part deals with stories in relation to the role of narrative and background generalizations in the argumentation of questions of law and questions of fact in adjudication.

Makes a radical contribution to social, political and postcolonial theories of law.

Collects together the author's work on the family and society, and the part law plays in defining, structuring and controlling it. This book questions the role of family law and its interface with family values, as well as the rights and best interests of children.

In this important collection of papers, Dennis Patterson continues to show the importance of Wittgenstein's thought for problems in legal theory. Ranging across issues in the philosophy of mind to questions of meaning and normativity, this collection of papers is essential reading for anyone with an interest in legal theory.