Theory of Legal Science: Proceedings of the Conference on Legal Theory and Philosopy of Science Lund, Sweden, December 11–14, 1983

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Synopsis....Pages 1-4
Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science....Pages 5-12
Legal Dogmatics as a Scientific Paradigm....Pages 13-24
Paradigms in Legal Dogmatics....Pages 25-38
Pragmatic Metatheory for Legal Science....Pages 39-52
On Making Implicit Methodologies Explicit....Pages 53-66
Synopsis....Pages 67-70
Ought, Reasons, Motivation, and the Unity of the Social Sciences: The Meta-Theory of the Ought-Is Problem (abridged version)....Pages 71-96
Legal Data. An Essay About the Ontology of Law....Pages 97-120
Pluralis Juris....Pages 121-132
Changes of Paradigm in the Law....Pages 133-144
Legal Norms: A Transformational Approach....Pages 145-161
Epistemology and Validity in Law....Pages 163-173
Is Law a System of Enactments?....Pages 175-182
The Concept of ‘Fact’ in the Physical Sciences and in Law....Pages 183-188
Synopsis....Pages 189-193
Objectivity in the Social Sciences....Pages 195-215
Objectivity and Rationality in Lawyer’s Reasoning....Pages 217-234
Coherence in Legal Justification....Pages 235-251
Paradigms of Justifying Legal Decisions....Pages 253-273
Monism, Pluralism, Relativism, and Right Answers in the Law....Pages 275-294
Discovery and Justification in Science and Law....Pages 295-305
Reasons and Causes in Connection with Judicial Decisions....Pages 307-314
Synopsis....Pages 315-318
Legal Rationality among Different Types of Rationality....Pages 319-333
Paradigms of Legal Research Empirical Science and Legal Dogmatics....Pages 335-344
Goal Reasons in Common Law Cases — are They Predictive?....Pages 345-355
Teleological Construction of Statutes....Pages 357-362
Reason, Law and History....Pages 363-372
The Rule of Law in Legal Reasoning....Pages 373-382
Synopsis....Pages 383-384
An Ubiquitous Paralogism in Legal Thinking....Pages 385-399
Power of Tolerance — On the Legitimacy of a Legal System....Pages 401-411
Sir Edward Coke’s Legal Conservatism....Pages 413-424
Popper’s Criterion of Refutability in the Legal Context....Pages 425-435
Synopsis....Pages 437-439
Theory Choice and Contract Law....Pages 441-454
Trends in Legal Science Relating to Contracts and Torts....Pages 455-468
The Economics of Trade Laws....Pages 469-482
Synopsis....Pages 483-485
On Bridging the So-Called Gap between Normative Legal Dogmatics and Empirical-Theoretical Social Science....Pages 487-496
Towards an Interdisciplinary Theory of Law....Pages 497-508
Legal Science and Hermeneutic Point of View....Pages 509-520
Legal Theory and Social Science....Pages 521-529
Integration between Legal Research and Social Science....Pages 531-549
Synopsis....Pages 551-552
Karl Olivecrona’s Theory of Legal Rules as Independent Imperatives....Pages 553-558
Norms of Competence in Scandinavian Jurisprudence....Pages 559-570
A Tentative Analysis of Two Juristic Sentences....Pages 571-581
Synopsis....Pages 583-585
Automated Analysis of Legislation....Pages 587-605
Rights and Practical Possibilities....Pages 607-615
Requirements, Urgency, and Worth....Pages 617-638
The Property Right of Sweden Today — Or a Requiem over an Outdated Way of Argueing....Pages 639-648
Back Matter....Pages 649-666