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Hard cases in wicked legal systems : pathologies of legality /

Dyzenhaus, David.

Hard cases in wicked legal systems : pathologies of legality / David Dyzenhaus. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xiii, 311 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-304) and indexes.

Judicial obligation and the rule of law -- Adjudication and racial segregation -- Adjudication and national security -- Entrenchment and dissent -- The common law revival -- The war against law -- Problems and puzzles -- The genealogy of legal positivism -- Rule by law/rule of law -- Towards a culture of justification.

9780199532216 (hardback)

2009053043


Judicial process--History.--South Africa
Law--Philosophy.--South Africa

348.68