The judicial process : Realism, pragmatism, practical reasoning, and principles / E.W. Thomas.

By:

Thomas, E. W. (Edmund Walter), 1940-

Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: xxvi, 414 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780521855662

Subject(s):

Judicial process

DDC classification:

347.01 THO-2

LOC classification:

K2300 .T456 2005

Online resources:

Contents:

Content : Introduction; Muddling along; The curse of formalism; Legal fundamentalism; The idolatry of certainty; The piety of precedent; The foibles of precedent - a case study; There is no impersonal law; So, what is the law?; The constraints on the judiciary; Towards a new judicial methodology; Of realism and pragmatism; Of practical reasoning and principles; Taking law seriously; A theory of ameliorative justice.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Content :
Introduction; Muddling along; The curse of formalism; Legal fundamentalism; The idolatry of certainty; The piety of precedent; The foibles of precedent - a case study; There is no impersonal law; So, what is the law?; The constraints on the judiciary; Towards a new judicial methodology; Of realism and pragmatism; Of practical reasoning and principles; Taking law seriously; A theory of ameliorative justice.

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