Legal Hermeneutics : History, Theory, and Practice / edited by Gregory Leyh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leyh, Gregory, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Interpretation and construction.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1992]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Introduction

Hermeneutics and the Rule of Law

Law and Language: A Hermeneutics of the Legal Text

Ars Bablativa: Ramism, Rhetoric, and the Genealogy of English Jurisprudence

The Americanization of Hermeneutics: Francis Lieber's Legal and Political Hermeneutics

Christian Praxis as Reflective Action

Constitutional Interpretation and Conceptual Change

From the Lighthouse: The Promise of Redemption and the Possibility of Legal Interpretation

Intentions and the Law: Defending Hermeneutics

Intention, Identity, and the Constitution: A Response to David Hoy

Legal Indeterminacy and Legitimacy

How Trial Judges Talk: Speculations About Foundationalism and Pragmatism in Legal Culture

Why Constitutional Theory Matters to Constitutional Practice (And Vice Versa)

Legal Education and the Public Life

Play of Surfaces: Theory and the Law

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520329386

0520329384

OCLC:

1163878824