Reason and authority : a treatise on the dynamic paradigm of legal dogmatics

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Reason and authority : a treatise on the dynamic paradigm of legal dogmatics

Aulis Aarnio

Dartmouth , Ashgate, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index

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This work discusses the foundations of legal dogmatics and legal science as a form of social science. The author introduces concepts of "institutional fact" and "social reality" in order to bring the debate into the realms of defining "science" and applying this to legal research.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introductory remarks. Part 2 The paradigm of legal science. Part 3 Legal dogmatics as an interpretive activity. Part 4 The change and progress in legal dogmatics. Epilogue - legal science as social science.

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