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The Irrelevance Of Contemporary Academic Philosophy For Law: Recovering The Rhetorical Tradition / A Irrelevância Da Filosofia Acadêmica Contemporânea Para O Direito: Redescobrindo A Tradição Retórica, Francis J. Mootz
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This short essay was published as part of a volume celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Karl Llewellyn’s article “On Philosophy in American Law.” The author argues that academic philosophy is irrelevant to lawyers, and that lawyers have little use for philosophical inquiry. This situation can be corrected by returning to the rhetorical and hermeneutical features of legal practice and reclaiming these ancient traditions of philosophical thought.
Este breve ensaio foi originalmente publicado como parte de uma obra em celebração ao aniversário de 75 anos do artigo “On Philosophy in American Law” de Karl Llewellyn. Argumenta-se que a filosofia acadêmica é …