When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in American legal history. The New Republic called it an "extremely valuable book." Eric Foner, in The …
"When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in American legal history. The New Republic called it an "extremely valuable book." Eric Foner, in The…
This volume will be of interest and value to students of logic, ethics, and political philosophy, as well as to members of the legal profession and to everyone concerned with problems of government and judicial interpretation particularly lucid.
"The Interpretation Game questions traditional methods of legal interpretation and challenges the position that objective interpretation of law is possible. Legal interpretations, the author avers, is unavoidably subjective. Benson suggests that "plain meaning," "purpose," "inte…
"The Interpretation Game questions traditional methods of legal interpretation and challenges the position that objective interpretation of law is possible. Legal interpretations, the author avers, is unavoidably subjective. Benson suggests that "plain meaning," "purpose," "inte…
