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The Unruliness Of Rules, Peter A. Alces May 2003

The Unruliness Of Rules, Peter A. Alces

Michigan Law Review

Analytical jurisprudence depends on a posited relation between rules and morality. Before we may answer persistent and important questions of legal theory - indeed, before we can even know what those questions are - we must understand not just the operation of rules but their operation in relation to morality. Once that relationship is formulated, we may then come to terms with the likes of inductive reasoning in Law, the role of precedent, and the fit, such as it is, between Natural Law and Positivism as well as even the coincidence (or lack thereof) between inclusive and exclusive positivism. That …


Pragmatism Regained, Christopher Kutz Jan 2002

Pragmatism Regained, Christopher Kutz

Michigan Law Review

Jules Coleman's The Practice of Principle serves as a focal point for current, newly intensified debates in legal theory, and provides some of the deepest, most sustained reflections on methodology that legal theory has seen. Coleman is one of the leading legal philosophers in the Anglo-American world, and his writings on tort theory, contract theory, the normative foundations of law and economics, social choice theory, and analytical jurisprudence have been the point of departure for much of the most interesting activity in the field for the last three decades. Indeed, the origin of this book lies in Oxford University's invitation …


Jurisprudence: A Descriptive And Normative Analysis Of Law, Christopher P. Portman Apr 1986

Jurisprudence: A Descriptive And Normative Analysis Of Law, Christopher P. Portman

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A Review of Jurisprudence: A Descriptive and Normative Analysis of Law by Anthony D'Amato


Petrazycki: Law And Morality, William R. Jentes S.Ed. Nov 1955

Petrazycki: Law And Morality, William R. Jentes S.Ed.

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A Review of Law and Mortality. By Leon Petrazycki


Hall: Living Law Of Democratic Society, Michigan Law Review Apr 1950

Hall: Living Law Of Democratic Society, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of LIVING LAW OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. By Jerome Hall.