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Taking States (And Metaphysics) Seriously, Sanford Levinson Apr 2014

Taking States (And Metaphysics) Seriously, Sanford Levinson

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Sotirios A. Barber has written many incisive and important books, in addition to coediting an especially interesting casebook on constitutional law and interpretation. He is also a political theorist. An important part of his overall approach to constitutional theory is his philosophical commitment to “moral realism.” He believes in the metaphysical reality of moral and political truths, the most important of which, for any constitutional theorist, involve the meanings of justice and the common good. He not only believes in the ontological reality of such truths — that is, that these truths are more than mere human conventions or social …


The Empty Circles Of Liberal Justification, Pierre Schlag Oct 1997

The Empty Circles Of Liberal Justification, Pierre Schlag

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American liberal thinkers are fascinated with the justification of the liberal state. It is this question of justification that inspires and organizes the work of such leading liberal thinkers as John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, Frank Michelman, and Bruce Ackerman. The manifest import and prevalence of the question of justification among liberal thinkers makes it possible to speak here of a certain "practice of liberal justification." This practice displays a certain order and certain recursive characteristics. It is composed of a common ontology and a common narrative. It poses for itself a series of recursive intellectual problems answered with a stock …


West On Story And Theory, L. H. Larue May 1994

West On Story And Theory, L. H. Larue

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A Review of Narrative, Authority, and Law by Robin West


The Glittering Eye Of Law, Geoffrey P. Miller Apr 1986

The Glittering Eye Of Law, Geoffrey P. Miller

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A Review of The Authoritative and the Authoritarian by Joseph Vining


Sources Of Law, Legal Change, And Ambiguity, Michigan Law Review Feb 1985

Sources Of Law, Legal Change, And Ambiguity, Michigan Law Review

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A Review of Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity by Alan Watson


Laws, Norms And Authority, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

Laws, Norms And Authority, Michigan Law Review

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A Review of Laws, Norms and Authority by George C. Christie


Law, Legitimacy, And Symbols: An Expanded View Of Law And Society In Transition, Malcolm M. Feeley Mar 1979

Law, Legitimacy, And Symbols: An Expanded View Of Law And Society In Transition, Malcolm M. Feeley

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A Review of Law and Society in Transition: Toward Responsive Law by Philippe Nonet and Philip Selznick