| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 414 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Muddling along; 3 The 'curse' of formalism; 4 Legal fundamentalism; 5 The idolatry of certainty; 6 The piety of precedent; 7 The foibles of precedent -- a case study; 8 There is no impersonal law; 9 So, what is the law?; 10 The constraints on the judiciary; 11 Towards a new judicial methodology; 12 Of realism and pragmatism; 13 Of ... practical reasoning and principles; 14 Taking law seriously; 15 A theory of ameliorative justice; Subject Index; Author Index. |
| Summary |
This book dismantles the outdated theories still exhibited in much judicial reasoning, and seeks to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice. The author propounds a coherent and comprehensive judicial methodology for modern times which is realistic and pragmatic and which embraces a revised conception of practical reasoning. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judicial process.
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Judicial process. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas, E.W. (Edmund Walter), 1934- Judicial process. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005284452 |
| ISBN |
9780511493768 (electronic book) |
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0511493762 (electronic book) |
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9780511130786 (electronic book) |
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0511130783 (electronic book) |
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0511129254 |
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9780511129254 |
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0521855667 (Cloth) |
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9780521855662 (hardback) |
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1280416467 |
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9781280416460 |
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