Law and Objectivity
$85.43
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
24 August 1995
Summary
In modern times the idea of the objectivity of law has been undermined by skepticism about legal institutions, disbelief in ideals of unbiased evaluation, and a conviction that language is indeterminate. Greenawalt here considers the validity of such skepticism, examining such questions as: whether the law as it exists provides determinate answers to legal problems; whether the law should treat people in an “objective way,” according to abstract rules, generalcategories, and external consequences; and how far the law is anchored in something external to itself, such as social morality, political justice, or economic efficiency. In the process he illuminates thedevelopment of jurisprudence in the English-speaking world over the last fifty years, assessing the contributions of many important movements.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780195098334 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0195098331 |
| Author: | Greenawalt |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 1995 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 137mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
“Well-written and clearly argued.”–The Review of Politics
“Well-written and clearly argued.”–The Review of Politics”Well-written and clearly argued.“–The Review of Politics”Kent Greenawalt has written a thoughtful book examining the question of whether, and in what sense, the law is, or should be, objective….Greenawalt’s book provides a thoughtful answer to a significant question about the nature of the law. And, for analysis of any number of thorny problems involving rules, discretion, and objectivity.“–Appellate Practice Section Newsletter
Greenawalt
Kent Greenawalt is University Professor at Columbia University, teaching in the law school, and a former Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. His books include “Does God Belong in Public Schools?” and “Fighting Words” (both Princeton), as well as “Conflicts of Law and Morality” and “Religious Convictions and Political Choice.”
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