A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence is the first ever multivolume treatment of the issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, from both a theoretical and a historical perspective. The work is aimed at jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers. Edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team this book is a classical reference work that would be of great interest to legal and practical philosophers, as well as jurists and Philosophy of Law-scholar at all levels
The entire work is divided into three parts:
- The Theoretical part (published in 2005) consists of 5 volumes and covers the main topics of contemporary debate.
- The historical part consists of 6 volumes and is scheduled to be published during 2006 (volumes 6-8) and 2007 (volumes 8-11 and volume 12 (index). The historical volumes account for the development of legal thought from ancient Greek times through the twentieth century.