The problematics of moral and legal theory /
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| Author / Creator: | Posner, Richard A. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999, c1997. |
| Description: | xiv, 320 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3669807 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- I. The Wrong Turn
- 1. Moral Theory
- Introduction: From Moral Realism to Pragmatic Moral Skepticism
- Understanding Morality
- The Academic Moralist and the Moral Entrepreneur
- Professionalism's Cold Grip
- 2. Legal Theory, Moral Themes
- Jurisprudence and Moral Theory
- Moral Theory Applied Directly to Law
- Some Famous "Moral" Cases
- Constitutional Theory
- II. The Way Out
- 3. Professionalism
- The Two Professionalisms
- The Supersession Thesis
- 4. Pragmatism
- The Pragmatic Approach to Law
- Postmodernism Distinguished
- Some Institutional Implications of Legal Pragmatism
- Index
