Reading List, Autumn 22/23
Week 1
Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: Legal Positivism sections 1-3
Week 2
Dworkin, R. - Taking Rights Seriously chapter 3
Week 3
Raz, J. – Practical Reasons and Norms, chapters 1 and 2
Week 4
Hart, H.L.A – The Concept of Law 2nd Ed. chapter VI
Week 5
Dworkin, R – Law’s Empire Chapters 2 and 3
Week 6
Raz. J. – Practical Reasons and Norms Chapter 5
Week 7
Raz, J. – The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality Chapter 12
Week 8
Finnis, J. Philosophy of Law: Collected Essays Volume IV Chapter 19
Week 9
Burley, J. – Dworkin and His Critics: With Replies by Dworkin Part III
Week 10
Hume, D. - A Treatise of Human Nature Book III Part II Sections I and VII
The KJS reading group meets weekly on Fridays from 4 to 6 pm at Bush House. The Autumn 22/23 reading list is intended for a general undergraduate and graduate audience, and aims to cover the most central issues in jurisprudence rather than technical niches. The issues investigated should come to bear on many adjacent disciplines such as ethics and political philosophy with some immediacy.