Wittgenstein and legal theory

Author(s)

• Patterson, Dennis M. (Dennis Michael)

Bibliographic Information

Wittgenstein and legal theory

edited by Dennis M. Patterson

（New perspectives on law, culture, and society）

Westview Press, 1992

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An examination of Wittgenstein's thought on legal issues, especially his discussion of rules and rule-following.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Practices: the epistemology of judging - Wittgenstein and deliberative practices, Thomas Morawetz
• "our real need" - not explanation, but education, Thomas D. Eisele
• the acceptance of a legal system, Roger A. Shiner
• law's pragmatism - law as practice and narrative, Dennis M. Patterson. Part 2 Rules: reconsidering the rule of law, Margaret Jane Radin
• Wittgenstein and the sceptical fallacy, Gene Anne Smith
• no easy cases?, Andrei Marmor
• the application (and mis-application) of Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations to legal theory, Brian Bix
• rules and the rule-following argument, Frederick Schauer. Part 3 Politics: political world, Brian Langille
• are judges liars? a Wittgensteinian critique of "Law's Empire", Charles Yablon.

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Details

• NCID: BA14099338
• ISBN:
  • 0813301076
• LCCN: 91039759
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boulder, Colo.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 264 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K230.W592
  • DC20 : 340/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
  • LCSH : Law -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Jurisprudence
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13595593