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Reasoning with Law
Andrew Halpin
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Description for Reasoning with Law
Paperback. This book critically reflects on the nature of law and legal reasoning by exploring the theories of various legal theorists. Num Pages: 202 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
The reader is invited to follow a route that visits Fish's view of theory and practice,Raz's legal reasoning thesis, theoretical models of judicial review, Dworkin's right answer thesis, the law of the excluded middle and Lukasiewicz's development of three-valued logic, Wittgenstein's language games, and Moore's metaphysical realism. The destination is the practice at the heart of legal reasoning. It is suggested that this manifests the way in which the limitations of language and the incompleteness of human experience allow the opportunity for coherent development of the law and at the same time produce an inherent incoherence within the law. The ... Read more
The reader is invited to follow a route that visits Fish's view of theory and practice,Raz's legal reasoning thesis, theoretical models of judicial review, Dworkin's right answer thesis, the law of the excluded middle and Lukasiewicz's development of three-valued logic, Wittgenstein's language games, and Moore's metaphysical realism. The destination is the practice at the heart of legal reasoning. It is suggested that this manifests the way in which the limitations of language and the incompleteness of human experience allow the opportunity for coherent development of the law and at the same time produce an inherent incoherence within the law. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841130705
SKU
V9781841130705
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About Andrew Halpin
Andrew Halpin is Professor of Legal Theory in the School of Law at Swansea University.
Reviews for Reasoning with Law
Reasoning with Law is a significant contribution to the field of analytic jurisprudence. It is a work praiseworthy for its precise and rigorous development of argument, extraordinary clarity of exposition, admirable depth and breadth of learning, and highly engaging prose style. Halpins' Reasoning with Law should be of great interest to anyone working in the field of analytic jurisprudence or ... Read more