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Stanley Fish on philosophy, politics and law : how Fish works / Michael Robertson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robertson, Michael Spencer, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fish, Stanley Eugene.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Other Title:
- Stanley Fish on Philosophy, Politics & Law
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Fish's writings on philosophy, politics and law comprise numerous books and articles produced over many decades. This book connects those dots in order to reveal the overall structure of his argument and to demonstrate how his work in politics and law flows logically from his philosophical stands on the nature of the self, epistemology and the role of theory. Michael Robertson considers Fish's political critiques of liberalism, critical theory, postmodernism and pragmatism before turning to his observations on political substance and political practice. The detailed analysis of Fish's jurisprudence explores his relationships to legal positivism, legal formalism, legal realism and critical legal studies, as well as his debate with Ronald Dworkinches Gaps and inconsistencies in Fish's arguments are fully explored, and the author provides a description of Fish's own positive account of law and deals with the charge that Fish is an indeterminacy theorist who undermines the rule of law.
- Contents:
- Part I. Philosophy
- 1. The nature of the self
- 2. Epistemology
- 3. The role of theory
- Part II. Politics
- 4. Political theory
- 5. Political substance
- 6. Political practice
- Part III. Law
- 7. Legal positivism
- 8. Legal formalism
- 9. The Fish/Dworkin debate
- 10. Fish's positive account of law
- 11. Change and indeterminacy in law
- 12. Legal realism and critical legal studies.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139871358
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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