Law and objectivity / Kent Greenawalt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenawalt, Kent, 1936-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Interpretation and construction.

Law.

Objectivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In modern times the idea of the objectivity of law has been undermined by skepticism about legal institutions, disbelief in ideals of unbiased evaluation, and a conviction that language is indeterminate. Greenawalt here considers the validity of such skepticism, examining such questions as: whether the law as it exists provides determinate answers to legal problems; whether the law should treat people in an ""objective way,"" according to abstract rules, general categories, and external consequences; and how far the law is anchored in something external to itself, such as social morality, poli

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; I: Legal Rules and Determinate Answers to Legal Questions; II: How the Law Treats People; III: Law's Relation to Broader Sources That Make It Objective in Various Respects; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-53368-4

9786610533688

0-19-802320-0

0-19-535692-6

OCLC:

459793566