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Legal Modernism (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
David Luban
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Description for Legal Modernism (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
Paperback. A critique and defense of modern legal theory Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Modernism in legal theory is no different from modernism in the arts: both respond to a cultural crisis, a sense that institutions and traditions have lost their validity. Some doubt the importance of the rule of law, others question the objectivity of legal reasoning. We have lost confidence in the justice of our legal institutions, and even in our very capacity to identify justice.
Legal philosopher David Luban argues that we cannot escape the modernist predicament. Accusing contemporary legal theorists of evading rather than confronting the challenge of modernity, he offers important and original objections to pragmatism, traditionalism, and nihilism. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Law, Meaning & Violence
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472084395
SKU
V9780472084395
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Ref
99-50
About David Luban
David Luban is Morton and Sophia Macht Professor of Law at the University of Maryland and Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. His other books include Lawyers and Justice: An Ethical Study.
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