On Philosophy in American Law

Herausgeber: Mootz, Francis J. III

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Produktbeschreibung

Original essays by 38 leading legal theorists mark the 75th anniversary of Karl Llewellyn's essay 'On Philosophy in American Law.'

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781107661240
• ISBN-10: 1107661242
• Artikelnr.: 34228936

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Karl Llewellyn and the Course of Philosophy in American Law: 1. On
philosophy in American law K. N. Llewellyn; 2. Law in life, life in law:
Llewellyn's legal realism revisited Jan M. Broekman; 3. On realism's own
'hangover' of natural law philosophy: Llewellyn Avec Dooyeweerd and David
S. Claudill; 4. On the instrumental view of law in American legal culture
Brian Z. Tamanaha; 5. When things went terribly, terribly wrong Steven L.
Winter; 6. The mechanics of perfection: philosophy, theology and the
perfection of American law Larry Cata Backer; Part II. Philosophical
Perspectives on Law: 7. Toward normative jurisprudence Robin West; 8.
Critical legal theory today Jack M. Balkin; 9. Reviving the subject of law
Penelope Pether; 10. Law and creativity George H. Taylor; 11. The stories
of American law Robert L. Hayman, Jr and Nancy Levit; Part III. Areas of
Philosophy and Their Relationship to Law: 12. On philosophy in American
law: analytical legal philosophy Brian H. Bix; 13. Political philosophy and
prosecutorial power Austin Sarat and Connor Clarke; 14. On (moral)
philosophy and American legal scholarship Matthew D. Adler; 15. The aretaic
turn in American philosophy of law Lawrence B. Solum; 16. On continental
philosophy in American jurisprudence Adam Thurschwell; 17. Psychoanalysis
as the jurisprudence of freedom Jeanne L. Schroeder and David Gray Carlson;
Part IV. Philosophical Examinations of Legal Issues: 18. Law as premise
Frank I. Michelman; 19. Doing justice to justice: Paul Ricoeur on justice
David Fisher; 20. Love is all you need: freedom of thought versus freedom
of action Eugene Garver; 21. Legal philosophy over the next century (while
we wait for the personal rocket transportation we were promised) R. George
Wright; 22. Atmospherics: abortion law and philosophy Anita L. Allen; Part
V. Law, Rhetoric and Practice Theory: 23. Foundationalism and ground truth
in American legal philosophy: classical rhetoric, realism and pragmatism
Eileen A. Scallen; 24. The irrelevance of contemporary academic philosophy
for law: recovering the rhetorical tradition Francis J. Mootz III; 25.
Dicta Peter Goodrich; 26. Recent and future concepts of law: from
conceptual analysis to a practice theory of law Dennis Patterson; 27. The
tasks of a philosophy of law Robert P. Burns; Part VI. Questioning the
Relationship between Philosophy and American Law: 28. Law and philosophy at
odds Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin; 29. Jurisprudence: beyond
extinction? Steven D. Smith; 30. It is what it is Pierre Schlag; 31.
Philosophy? In American law? Philippe Nonet; Part VII. Commentaries: 32.
Optimism and pessimism in American legal philosophy Carlos Ball; 33. The
jurisprudential moment Marianne Constable; 34. Fresh looks, philosophy in
action and American law Michael Sullivan.