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Faith in the power of reason -- When reason runs out -- The arguments for reason -- Predicaments of reason -- Divine deceptions -- The legal self -- Epilogue: Reasons without end.
The Enchantment of Reason is a lively critique of American legal thought and the American legal system's deification of reason. In an attempt to understand the current malaise of American law and the depressed condition of American intellectual life in general, Pierre Schlag dia…
A critique of legal scholarship and the way reason is used and deified in law, by one of the most controversial legal scholars now writing.
Présentation sur le site de l'éditeur : "Legal doctrine--the creation of doctrinal concepts, arguments, and legal regimes built on the foundation of written law--is the currency of contemporary law. Yet law students, lawyers, and judges often take doctrine for granted, without a…
What is doctrine? -- Frames and framing -- Baselines -- The legal distinction -- Rules and standards -- Resolving regime conflicts -- Interpretation -- Cluster logic -- Coda : the topics of doctrine. "The concept of legal doctrine and its role in how we understand the structure…
Legal doctrine-the creation of doctrinal concepts, arguments, and legal regimes built on the foundation of written law-is the currency of contemporary law. Yet law students, lawyers, and judges often take doctrine for granted, without asking even the most basic questions. How to…
"The concept of legal doctrine and its role in how we understand the structure of law has changed over time, especially with the critique of formal law by American legal realists and their insistence on the pliability of law. And yet doctrine remains central to the expression an…
