The Practice of Principle: In Defence of a Pragmatist Approach to Legal Theory (Clarendon Law Lectures) - Softcover

Coleman, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199264120 ISBN 13: 9780199264124

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Jules Coleman, one of the world's most influential philosophers of law here expounds his recent views on a range of important issues in legal theory. Coleman offers for the first time an explicit account of the pragmatist method that has long informed his work, and takes on the views of highly respected contemporaries such as Ronald Dworkin and Joseph Raz.

About this title

About the Author:

Jules Coleman is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy, Yale University. He is the editor of the Journal of Legal Theory.

Review:

* "An illuminating and enthralling read ... Among other virtues, The Practice of Principle presents perhaps the most developed statement of inclusive legal positivism to date. In doing so, it advances our understanding not only of that position, but also of the various positions arrayed against it."--Modern Law Review

"Practice is dense and rich, with new arguments appearing on almost every page. . . for those with a serious interest in the field of legal philosophy, this is a must-read. . . . The reader has the impression of being invited to a particularly lively philosophy seminar, whose members are both familiar and relatively new. On every page Coleman is confronting, criticizing, and endorsing other's views, as well as explaining how his own views have shifted over time. . . . Practice of Principle is exceptional for the fresh air it breathes into old debates, blowing aside the dust of tangential debates and leaving clean a work area in which beautiful philosophy proceeds."--Michigan Law Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0199264120
• ISBN 13: 9780199264124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248