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

By:

Thomas, E. W. (Edmund Walter), 1934-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 414 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511493768
0511493762
9780511130786
0511130783
0521855667
9780521855662
1107155428
9781107155428
0511182724
9780511182723
0511300883
9780511300882
9780521066884
0521066883

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Judicial process.DDC classification:

347.01 22

LOC classification:

K2300 .T456 2005eb

Other classification:

86.08

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Muddling along; 3 The 'curse' of formalism; 4 Legal fundamentalism; 5 The idolatry of certainty; 6 The piety of precedent; 7 The foibles of precedent -- a case study; 8 There is no impersonal law; 9 So, what is the law?; 10 The constraints on the judiciary; 11 Towards a new judicial methodology; 12 Of realism and pragmatism; 13 Of ... practical reasoning and principles; 14 Taking law seriously; 15 A theory of ameliorative justice; Subject Index; Author Index.

Summary: This book dismantles the outdated theories still exhibited in much judicial reasoning, and seeks to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice. The author propounds a coherent and comprehensive judicial methodology for modern times which is realistic and pragmatic and which embraces a revised conception of practical reasoning.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This book dismantles the outdated theories still exhibited in much judicial reasoning, and seeks to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice. The author propounds a coherent and comprehensive judicial methodology for modern times which is realistic and pragmatic and which embraces a revised conception of practical reasoning.