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Toward an informal account of legal interpretation /
The book challenges all formalist accounts of legal interpretation and offers an 'informal' alternative.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Preface ; 1 An Informal Opening ; Looking for a Park ; Finding Vehicles ; Of Judges and Jurists ; Conclusion ; 2 Among the Formalist Ghosts ; A Ghostly Presence ; A Dubious Pedigree.
- A Ghost of Many Different Kinds An Informalist Opening ; Conclusion ; 3 Walking Softly: The Positivist Contribution ; In the Middle of the Road ; Taking a Ride ; A Good Night's Sleep ; Conclusion ; 4 Walking with Purpose: A Naturalist Turn ; A Fuller Account ; A Sense of Purpose.
- Looking for Integrity Lost in the Park ; Conclusion ; 5 Back to the Future: An Originalist Gambit ; Let's Get Originalist ; Shoveling Smoke ; Falling Short ; Going Public ; Conclusion ; 6 In a Common Cause: An Incremental Approach ; A Traditional Approach.
- Of Statutes and Constitutions A Great Tradition ; The Obergefell Outing ; Conclusion ; 7 A Hard Line: Further Positivist Efforts ; No Ordinary Joe ; Of Objects and Objections ; Through the Park Darkly ; Conclusion ; 8 Crossing Over: The Anti-Formalist Critique ; The Charted World.
- Shift Happens Crossing the Lines ; Conclusion ; 9 Moving On: An Ideological Inquiry ; On the Bias ; Flipping Coins ; Into the Ideology ; Institutional Concerns ; Conclusion ; 10 Law and Ideology: The Informalist Approach ; After 'Theory' ; A Good Night's Sleep.