Jurisprudence (4th Edition) 21st Century Legal Normative Textbook

Author: Zhuo Zeyuan
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Publish Date: 1998-11-01
Features: This textbook primarily covers the fundamental content of jurisprudence, including four main parts: the basic theories of law, the value theory of law, the operational theory of law, and the theory of the rule of law state. Its main characteristic is that the textbook is based on reforms in the teaching of traditional jurisprudence. The Department of Jurisprudence at Southwest University of Political Science and Law began this teaching reform in 1996, transforming the single course of "Fundamentals of Jurisprudence" into two parts: "Introduction to Law" and "Jurisprudence," with corresponding course settings and teaching models. The "Jurisprudence" course should be offered after students have completed the core courses of departmental law and before they take the postgraduate entrance examination for master's degrees. It provides an in-depth lecture on jurisprudence or legal philosophy for students who have already studied departmental law, deepening their understanding of departmental law and further cultivating their legal awareness. Since its publication in 1998, this textbook has undergone three revisions. The current edition is the fourth version. The fourth edition represents significant revisions based on the third edition. The revision of the textbook content is partly due to the development of knowledge and theory, where the political and class connotations in the basic concepts and theories of law have gradually been weakened, emphasizing the specialization and academic nature of legal theory. On the other hand, the revision of this textbook also stems from the compilers' stringent demands for textbook quality and the teaching and education process itself. The textbook has been adjusted in terms of theoretical key points and content in relevant chapters. The compilers hope that through the revision of the textbook, it will continue to improve and become more perfect.