Law and Objectivity.
Title:
Law and Objectivity.
Author:
Greenawalt, Kent.
ISBN:
9780195356922
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (301 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1 Introduction -- I: Legal Rules and Determinate Answers to Legal Questions -- 2 The Import of Normative Language and Rules- Nonlegal Illustrations -- 3 Determinate Applications of Legal Rules -- 4 Determinate Answers Under General Statutory and Constitutional Standards and Principles of Common Law -- 5 Law's Determinacy in Light of General Theories of Prediction, Rule Following, and Interpretation -- II: How the Law Treats People -- 6 Standards of Judgment: External or Internal, Personal or Reasonable -- 7 Fairness in Classification -- 8 The Generality of Law -- III: Law's Relation to Broader Sources That Make It Objective in Various Respects -- 9 Law's Relation to Cultural Morality, Economic Efficiency, and Sound Political Morality -- 10 Objectivity in Legal Reasoning -- 11 Correct Answers to Legal Questions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
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, general categories, 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 the development of jurisprudence in the English-speaking world over the last fifty years, assessing the contributions of many important movements.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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