Practice of Principles

Author: (USA) Jules L. Coleman
Translator: Ding Haijun
United States / USA
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book expands on the views introduced by the author in the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University in the fall of 1998. Being invited to attend these lectures represents the highest honor experienced by the author in his career. The book follows the framework of the lectures, with thoughtful extensions for each discussion. It elaborates on the author's new perspectives on a series of important issues in legal theory and clearly explains the pragmatic approach that the author has long advocated in his writings. The book includes topics such as tort law and corrective justice, the possibility and normativity of law, and the methodology of legal philosophy, among others.
This book expands on the views introduced by the author in the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University in the fall of 1998. Being invited to attend these lectures represents the highest honor experienced by the author in his career. The book follows the framework of the lectures, with thoughtful extensions for each discussion. It elaborates on the author's new perspectives on a series of important issues in legal theory and clearly explains the pragmatic approach that the author has long advocated in his writings. The book includes topics such as tort law and corrective justice, the possibility and normativity of law, and the methodology of legal philosophy, among others.