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Judges and the cities : interpreting local autonomy / Gordon L. Clark.
LIBRA HN59.2 .C57 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Gordon L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social institutions--United States.
- Social institutions.
- Autonomy.
- Local government--United States.
- Local government.
- Local government--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Social structure--United States.
- Social structure.
- Local government--Law and legislation--United States--Interpretation and construction.
- Judicial process--United States.
- Judicial process.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 247 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1985]
- Summary:
- In this remarkable inquiry into the bases of social theory, Gordon L. Clark argues that the heterogeneous nature of our society, with its pluralism of values, causes the rules of social conduct to be constantly made and remade. Examining the role of the courts in structuring and achieving social discourse, he contends that legal doctrine is no different from other social theories; judicial interpretations are constructed out of specific circumstances and conflicting values, not deduced from neutral and logical principles.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 231-242.
- ISBN:
- 0226107531 :
- OCLC:
- 11728326
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