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1991

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Is Subjectivity Possible - The Post-Modern Subject In Legal Theory, James Boyle Jan 1991

Is Subjectivity Possible - The Post-Modern Subject In Legal Theory, James Boyle

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This article puts forward a thesis and then attempts to prove (or at least to develop) that thesis in two related areas. The thesis is that legal theory in general, and critical legal theory in particular, has concentrated too much on critiques of objectivity, wrongly assuming that "subjectivity" was an unproblematic term. Subjectivity, like mortality, has seemed not only attainable but inevitable. It is objectivity which is presumed to be the problematic goal of our theories and our attempts at doctrinal interpretation. This article reverses the focus, concentrating on the construction of subjectivity in law and social theory... Having pointed …


A Process Of Denial: Bork And Post-Modern Conservatism, James Boyle Jan 1991

A Process Of Denial: Bork And Post-Modern Conservatism, James Boyle

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