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The practice of principle : in defense of a pragmatist approach to legal theory / Jules L. Coleman.

Title
The practice of principle : in defense of a pragmatist approach to legal theory / Jules L. Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Jules L.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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xx, 226 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Jules Coleman presents his work on substantive issues in legal theory and the appropriate methodology for legal theorising. He considers the principles of corrective justice, inclusive legal positivism and a conceptual analysis of law and justice.
Subject
  • Law > Philosophy
  • Jurisprudence
  • Principle (Philosophy)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pt. 1. Tort Law and Corrective Justice -- Lecture 1. The Pragmatic Method -- Lecture 2. Bilateralism -- Lecture 3. Function and Explanation -- Lecture 4. Consilience -- Lecture 5. Holism and Explanation -- Pt. 2. The Possibility and Normativity of Law -- Lecture 6. Guidance and Compliance -- Lecture 7. The Conventionality Thesis -- Lecture 8. Inclusive Legal Positivism -- Lecture 9. Authority and Reason -- Lecture 10. Practical Difference -- Pt. 3. The Methodology of Jurisprudence -- Lecture 11. Legal Content, Social Facts, and Interpretive Practice -- Lecture 12. Normativity and Naturalism.
ISBN
0198298145
LCCN
^^^00068685^
OCLC
45805236
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library