Jonathan Crowe (University of Southern Queensland – School of Law and Justice) has posted The Point of Legal Philosophy on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
What is the point of legal philosophy? Many law students have posed this question, particularly while suffering through the indignities of a compulsory jurisprudence course. The point of this field of study may not be easy to grasp for those accustomed to studying the black letter law—with one eye, perhaps, fixed on a lucrative career in a commercial law firm. This chapter explores the question and proposes an answer. The answer I give, in brief, is that legal philosophy enables us to examine and better understand the point of law and, by extension, the point of being a lawyer. For those of us who engage with law in our studies, careers and lives—including law students, lawyers, legal academics, judges and others—these questions are also related to the broader issue of the point of life in general.
Recommended.