Basic Texts:

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF LAW

LEGAL THEORY 2"d Semester, SY 2011 - 2012

CARM ELO V. SISON Professor of Law

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: The Philosophic Quest, 398-412 (1989)

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; 342-426

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

Fernando, Natural Rights Legal Theory, 74 Phil. L.J. 2 (1990) 2-42 .

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

1. 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

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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. . A Matter of Principle (1985)

8. . Law's Empire (19C6)

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

10. Finnis, John. Natural Law NJtural Rights (1980)

11. Frank, Jerome. Law and the Modern Mind (1963)

12. Friedman, Wolfgang. Legal -~heory (1960)

13. . Law in a Cha 1 1ging Society (1964)

14. Friedrich, Carl Joachim. The Philosophy of Law in Historical

Perspective (1958)

15. Fuller, Lon. Anatomy of the Law (1968)

16. . Morality of t/1.: Law (1961)

17. Hart, H.L.A. The Concept uf :_aw (1961)

18. Essays in Law and Jurisprudence (1963)

19. Kelsen, Hans. Pure Theory of Law (1967)

20. . General Theory of Law and State (1961)

21. Llewelyn, Karl. The Bramb/, Gush (1951)

22. Lloyd, Dennis. The Idea of Law (1964)

23. & Freeman, M.D.A. Lloyd's Introduction to

Jurisprudence ( 1968)

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24. Murphy & Jeffrie & Coleman, Jules, (eds). Philosophy of Law (1990)

25 . Pascual, Crisolito. Introduction to Legal Philosophy (1997)

26. Patterson, Edwin. Jurisprudence (1953)

27. Paton, G.W.I A Text Book of Jurisprudence (1951)

28. Pound, Roscoe. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (1922)

29. Rawis, John. A Theory of Justice (1971)

30. Reisman, W.M. Scrieber A. Jurisprudence: Understanding and

Shaping Law (1987)

31. Raz, Joseph. The Concept of a Legal System (1980)

32. . The Authority of Law

33. Sinha, Surya Prakash. Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy in a

Nutshell (1993)

34. Soper, Philip. A Theory of Law (1983)

35. Stone, Julius. The Province & Function of Law (1946)

36. Human Law and Human Justice (1965)

37. Legal Systems & Lawyers Reasonings (1965)

38. Social Dimensions of Justice (1965)

39. Unger, Roberto Mangabeira. Law in Modern Society

40. . The Critical Legal Studies Movement (1986)

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