legal theory and jurisprudence

• jurisprudence is the theory or philosophy of law
• natural law - views morality and law as linked
• legal positivism - law should be understood separately to the questions of morality
• critical legal studies - questions authority and legitimacy of law
• feminsit legal theory - makes issues relating to gender visible
• critical race theory - draw attention to how law produces and embeds racism
• socio legal approaches - examines relationships between law and society
• natural law - hart v devlin debate
• legal positivism - hart - even if unjust it is still law and should be upheld
• can you seperate law and morality - South African apartheid