Common law theory / edited by Douglas E. Edlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edlin, Douglas E., editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in philosophy and law.

Cambridge studies in philosophy and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common law--Philosophy.

Common law.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, legal scholars, philosophers, historians and political scientists from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States analyze the common law through three of its classic themes: rules, reasoning and constitutionalism. Their essays, specially commissioned for this volume, provide an opportunity for thinkers from different jurisdictions and disciplines to talk to each other and to their wider audience within and beyond the common law world. This book allows scholars and students to consider how these themes and concepts relate to one another. It will initiate and sustain a more inclusive and well-informed theoretical discussion of the common law's method, process and structure. It will be valuable to lawyers, philosophers, political scientists and historians interested in constitutional law, comparative law, judicial process, legal theory, law and society, legal history, separation of powers, democratic theory, political philosophy, the courts and the relationship of the common law tradition to other legal systems of the world.

Contents:

Common law rules

Judges as rule makers / Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin

Some types of law / John Gardner

Common law reasoning

The principles of legal reasoning in the common law / Melvin A. Eisenberg

A similibus ad similia : analogical thinking in law / Gerald J. Postema

Reasoned decisions and legal theory / David Dyzenhaus and Michael Taggart

Common law constitutionalism

Common law, natural law, and the constitution / James R. Stoner, Jr.

Text, context, and constitution : the common law as public reason / T.R.S. Allan

The myth of the common law constitution / Jeffrey Goldsworthy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17549-6

0-511-55111-8

0-511-47714-7

0-511-48035-0

0-511-47570-5

0-511-47866-6

OCLC:

476234383