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On Giving Legal Form Its Due. A Study In Legal Theory, Robert S. Summers Jun 2005

On Giving Legal Form Its Due. A Study In Legal Theory, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The four theses of this paper are: (1) that an appropriate organizational form is used to design, define, and organize a functional unit of a legal system, (2) that the functional units of a legal system, contrary to the emphasis in Hart and Kelsen, consist of far more than rules, and include institutions, interpretive and other methodologies, sanctions and remedies, and more, (3) that frontal and systematic study of the forms of these units is a major avenue for advancing understanding of them as duly organized wholes, and, (4) that such study reveals that much credit is due these forms, …


Legal Institutions In Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers Aug 2000

Legal Institutions In Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Beyond The Ordinary Religion, Roger C. Cramton Jan 1987

Beyond The Ordinary Religion, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Liberalism, Radicalism, And Legal Scholarship, Steven H. Shiffrin Aug 1983

Liberalism, Radicalism, And Legal Scholarship, Steven H. Shiffrin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications



On Identifying And Reconstructing A General Legal Theory – Some Thoughts Prompted By Professor Moore’S Critique, Robert S. Summers Jan 1983

On Identifying And Reconstructing A General Legal Theory – Some Thoughts Prompted By Professor Moore’S Critique, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Pragmatic Instrumentalism In Twentieth Century American Legal Thought—A Synthesis And Critique Of Our Dominant General Theory About Law And Its Use, Robert S. Summers Jan 1981

Pragmatic Instrumentalism In Twentieth Century American Legal Thought—A Synthesis And Critique Of Our Dominant General Theory About Law And Its Use, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


"Is" And "Ought" In Legal Philosophy, Robert S. Summers Apr 1963

"Is" And "Ought" In Legal Philosophy, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Logic In The Law, Robert S. Summers Apr 1963

Logic In The Law, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


H.L.A. Hart On Justice, Robert S. Summers Aug 1962

H.L.A. Hart On Justice, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


A Note On Symbolic Logic And The Law, Robert S. Summers Jan 1961

A Note On Symbolic Logic And The Law, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.