On philosophy in american law

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Introduction......Page 11
LLEWELLYN ON PHILOSOPHY IN AMERICAN LAW......Page 13
LLEWELLYN'S REALIST CRITIQUE OF LEGAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 14
Karl Llewellyn and the Course of Philosophy in American Law......Page 17
Philosophical Perspectives on Law......Page 18
Areas of Philosophy and Their Relationship to Law......Page 19
Law, Rhetoric, and Practice Theory......Page 20
Questioning the Relationship between Philosophy and American Law......Page 21
CONCLUSION......Page 22
WORKS CITED......Page 23
Part one. karl llewellyn and the course of philosophy in american law......Page 25
ON PHILOSOPHY IN AMERICAN LAW......Page 27
TWO BIOGRAPHIES, AMONG OTHERS......Page 35
A GRAND STYLE......Page 37
WHOSE REALISM, WHOSE LIFE?......Page 39
WORKS CITED......Page 42
3 On Realism's Own "Hangover" of Natural Law Philosophy: Llewellyn Avec Dooyeweerd......Page 43
WORKS CITED......Page 50
4 On the Instrumental View of Law in American Legal Culture......Page 51
THE PROBLEM OF ENDS......Page 53
THE PERVASIVENESS OF INSTRUMENTAL VIEWS OF LAW TODAY......Page 55
WORKS CITED......Page 57
5 When Things Went Terribly, Terribly Wrong......Page 59
WORKS CITED......Page 66
6 The Mechanics of Perfection: Philosophy, Theology, and the Foundations of American Law......Page 68
THE EXPRESSION (AND MEANING) OF PERFECTION THROUGH LAW......Page 70
GOVERNMENT AS THE MEANS TO PERFECTIBILITY......Page 71
LOGOS AND LAW: THE MECHANICS OF PERFECTION......Page 73
TERMINUS......Page 74
WORKS CITED......Page 75
Part two. philosophical perspectives on law......Page 77
7 Toward Normative Jurisprudence......Page 79
WORKS CITED......Page 87
8 Critical Legal Theory Today......Page 88
9 Reviving the Subject of Law......Page 97
WORKS CITED......Page 104
10 Law and Creativity......Page 105
WORKS CITED......Page 110
11 The Stories of American Law......Page 112
WORKS CITED......Page 119
Part three. areas of philosophy and their relationship to law......Page 121
THE RECEPTION OF ANALYTICAL LEGAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 123
SELECTED TOPICS......Page 125
WORKS CITED......Page 128
PERSPECTIVES ON PROSECUTORS......Page 130
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, SOVEREIGNTY, AND PROSECUTORIAL POWER......Page 131
CONCLUSION......Page 136
WORKS CITED......Page 137
14 On (Moral) Philosophy and American Legal Scholarship......Page 138
TWO ANTINOMIES: RIGHTS VERSUS CONSEQUENCES AND FORMALISM VERSUS REALISM......Page 146
THE ARETAIC TURN IN LEGAL THEORY......Page 148
THE JUDICIAL VIRTUES......Page 149
THE VIRTUE OF JUSTICE......Page 150
THE VIRTUE OF PRACTICAL WISDOM......Page 151
WORKS CITED......Page 153
16 On Continental Philosophy in American Jurisprudence......Page 154
WORKS CITED......Page 162
DYNAMIC JURISPRUDENCE......Page 163
THE SYMBOLIC AND SEXUALITY......Page 164
DISCOURSES......Page 165
MORALITY......Page 166
RIGHT......Page 167
POLICY......Page 169
WORKS CITED......Page 170
Part four. philosophical examinations of legal issues......Page 173
18 Law as Premise......Page 175
WORKS CITED......Page 182
19 Doing Justice to Justice: Paul Ricoeur......Page 183
BEGINNING WITH INJUSTICE: VIOLENCE, VENGEANCE, AND JUSTICE......Page 186
ARISTOTLE AVEC KANT: RICOEUR ON RAWLS......Page 188
WORKS CITED......Page 190
20 Love Is All You Need: Freedom of Thought versus Freedom of Action......Page 191
SOCRATES ON THOUGHTS HARMING MORE THAN ACTIONS......Page 192
TOLERATION AND LOVE......Page 196
WORKS CITED......Page 199
21 Legal Philosophy over the Next Century (While We Wait for the Personal Rocket Transportation We Were Promised)......Page 200
22 Atmospherics: Abortion Law and Philosophy......Page 208
PHILOSOPHIES OF LAW......Page 209
NEGLECTED PHILOSOPHIES: BEYOND THE BIG THREE......Page 210
PATERNALISM AND MATERNALISM......Page 212
GINSBURG'S DISSENT......Page 214
WORKS CITED......Page 215
Part five. law, rhetoric, and practice theory......Page 217
23 Foundationalism and Ground Truth in American Legal Philosophy: Classical Rhetoric, Realism, and Pragmatism......Page 219
FOUNDATIONALISM AND GROUND TRUTH IN CLASSICAL RHETORIC......Page 220
FOUNDATIONALISM AND GROUND TRUTH IN AMERICAN LEGAL REALISM......Page 222
FOUNDATIONALISM, LEGAL PRAGMATISM (AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIETIES)......Page 223
CONCLUSION......Page 225
WORKS CITED......Page 227
PHILOSOPHY......Page 229
LAW......Page 231
THEORY-PRACTICE......Page 232
LAW, HERMENEUTICS, AND RHETORIC......Page 233
WORKS CITED......Page 237
25 Dicta......Page 239
WORKS CITED......Page 246
26 Recent and Future Concepts of Law: From Conceptual Analysis to a Practice Theory of Law......Page 247
RAZ, AUTHORITY, AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS......Page 249
DWORKINIAN CONSTRUCTIVISM......Page 250
TWO APPROACHES TO PRACTICE......Page 251
PRACTICE THEORY......Page 252
WORKS CITED......Page 254
27 The Tasks of a Philosophy of Law......Page 256
WORKS CITED......Page 261
Part six. questioning the relationship between philosophy and american law......Page 263
FOLLOWING RULES......Page 265
REASONING BY ANALOGY......Page 268
CONCLUSION......Page 270
WORKS CITED......Page 271
WHAT (AND WHY) IS THE QUESTION?......Page 273
THE MODERN DECLENSION......Page 275
THE DIVIDE OF THEORY AND PRACTICE......Page 277
WHITHER JURISPRUDENCE?......Page 278
WORKS CITED......Page 279
30 Law and Philosophy in the Hyperreal......Page 281
THE CENTRAL PROPOSITIONAL ASPECT OF LAW......Page 282
THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE......Page 285
CODA......Page 287
WORKS CITED......Page 288
31 Philosophy? In American Law?......Page 289
Part seven. commentaries......Page 295
32 Optimism and Pessimism in American Legal Philosophy......Page 297
WORKS CITED......Page 302
33 This Jurisprudential Moment......Page 303
I. PHILOSOPHIZING IN RELATION TO LAW-MEN'S DOINGS......Page 304
II. THE USE OF LEGAL REALISM......Page 306
III. THE END OF AN ERROR?......Page 307
WORKS CITED......Page 308
A FRESH LOOK......Page 309
PHILOSOPHY-IN-ACTION: THEORIZING PRACTICE AND PRACTICING THEORY......Page 313
WHAT DOES AMERICAN LAWPRODUCE? WHAT DOES IT DO?......Page 315
CONCLUSION......Page 316
WORKS CITED......Page 317
Contributors and Selected Bibliography......Page 319
Name Index......Page 329