How Judges Reason: The Logic of Adjudication - Couverture rigide

Levin, Joel

 
9780820415499: How Judges Reason: The Logic of Adjudication

Synopsis

Legal rules ought to work themselves out, with unique or difficult cases becoming fewer, and the inconsistencies in the system disappearing as they are confronted. Instead, legal doctrine and the role of judges has become more difficult and often more controversial. This book offers a general explanation why, and in so doing, analyzes how individuals reason when they behave as judges. Drawing on ideas from philosophical logic, game theory, philosophy of mind, truth theory, and jurisprudence, the author develops a theory of judicial pluralism which suggests that judicial truth is individually objective but societally personal, pluralistic and idiosyncratic.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Author: Mr. Levin received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Chicago, a J.D. from Boston University, and a D. Phil. (Jurisprudence) from the University of Oxford. He has written widely on contract theory, legal reasoning, constitutional law, and the structure of common law. He now lives in Cleveland, where he teaches law and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University and practices in the area of civil litigation.

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