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The Problems ° i risprt te nce wii | Richard A. | Posner ———-——l et—~— one of our country's most distinguished! scholar judges shares with us his vision of the law. For the past two thousand years, the philosophy of law has been dominated by two val doctrines. One contends that law more than politics and yields, inthe hands of skill judges, correct answers a the most dif cull legal questions; the other maintains that law is politics throug anc! through and that judges wield esse ally arbitrary powe Rejecting these doctrines as too metaphysical in the first instance and too nihilistic inthe second, Richard Posner argues for pra iurisprudenc Richard Posner is onc of the nation’s most influential thinkers He spearheaded the law and economies movement that has, in th yes of many, revolutignized the entire legal enterprise ... The bulk of his book consists of close analyses .. and critical discussions .. all a which are bolstered by an impressive array of references ta the rich literature of contemporary lav, philosoph {Calvin Woodward, New York Himes Book Review Posner's} hook will challenge everyone, Alls upon the work, ev UW isan] extraordi obert AK nas they differ with it and among themselves llectually stimulating book an Science Monitor ough this remarkable book, Posner's vision f law slowly builds to a climax that .. awesome... [Hel tackles al the basic problems of legal thought and of moral and political philosophy since the time of Plato and Aristotle fand| enables us to see the richly textured fabric of our legal system in a more coher has anyone else Stephen B. Presses, Chicago Teibume Richard A. Posner isa judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Cire a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, and the author of many books, including Sex amd Reasan an Law and Literature (hoth fram Harvard), sar til TIF PRORT EMS OF JURISERUDENCE THE PROBLEMS of JURISPRUDENCE Richard A. Posner In Memoric, Pas M. Bacor Contents Pretice “i Introduction: The Brrth of Lave ud the Rise sn Juriggidence The Orie of Law and frigence 4 1 Sow Histor ofJnipraiee A Presa ce Hoke 24 PARL L THT RPISTEMOLOGY OF LAW 1. Law as Fogle, Rules, std Scene “The Spllogin sd Cher Merk of 1 Beales, Stands and isttion 42 Sree Ob or ogal Ressonang Praevieat Reasoning 7 Few te Practcn’ Reason? FP unity 79 Racing i dvalagy 86 ANat on Fog) Mlacidow 93 a 23, Other Hantnacons of Wractical Revsnning in Lae wl Inierpcion Wit BMeinelind Revelliy 105 Tait Koowng 10 Sabin the Tet of Tine 10 4. Legitimacy :o Agedieation tat he Proleeof Renu Pradouene 124 Bop verse Peden se Ment jo ital Autos 13 Hise fuer’ irons Changed? 158 rst Tayo Sais 153 i Caen, PART U1. THE ON LOLOGY OF LAW >. Ontology: se Mand, and Behaviorism tat irl Sbeeian iC ‘ond Cover Messy fama the Juda Maen u Biviter ie Law 167 ere] Feo 1 Are There Right Answecrs wv Lox Questions? a Quedions uf ne 19 Quesions of Bier 20 7. What Is Lan and Why Ask? ma Ie ara Mody of Reso Poacher om Activity, 0 Bate? 20 Hialres, Meizu, snd Prayeration 239 PAIL HL INTERPRE LATION REVISITED . Ceeamon Law versne Scatute Law oF ¥. Objectivity in Statutory Interpret me The PaieAdcouiny Falley 262 Ve Questor eration Theory 280 Tedhisninte Sooo, xeer 27 TL How to Desde Scataery and Cor 1s Chmonmoiian Ser Most? 25 Beyond terpesaian 299 PART IV. SUBSTANTIVE JUSTICE Te Cones tons, Retecive, Provera, ad iste bine: unt 313 Cavite fie ashe Rate Cae 310 Aue on Retain Justis eed 4 ghee UO Poona fan 332 lipntve fase 338 ho Hie Son Palos oe Cir Lane? OE 12, The Lesmomie Approach es Law China he Pasion Theory 362 isn ofthe Neoosive Theery 574 Cvants haw Rissied 3
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