The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory

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The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory

Author	: Richard A. Posner
File Size	: 41,9 Mb
Publisher	: Belknap Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 March 1999
ISBN	: UOM:39015046901651
Pages	: 344 pages

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The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory by Richard A. Posner Book PDF Summary

Posner characterizes the current preoccupation with moral and constitutional theory as an evasion of the real need of American law, which is for a greater understanding of the social, economic, and political facts out of which great legal controversies arise, and advocates a rebuilding of the law on the basis of systematic empirical inquiry.

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