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The Practice of Principle: In Defence of a Pragmatist Approach to Legal Theory » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Jules L. Coleman
ISBN-13: 9780199264124, ISBN-10: 0199264120
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Jules L. Coleman

Jules Coleman is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy, Yale University. He is the editor of the Journal of Legal Theory.

Book Synopsis

Jules Coleman, one of the world's leading philosophers of law, here presents his most mature work so far on substantive issues in legal theory and the appropriate methodology for legal theorizing. In doing so, he takes on the views of highly respected contemporaries such as Brian Leiter, Stephen Perry, and Ronald Dworkin.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: Corrective Justice: The practice of principle Part Two: Inclusive Legal Positivism Part Three: Conceptual Analysis

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