Law and Objectivity
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Publication Date
1992
Description
In modern times the idea of the objectivity of law has been undermined by skepticism about legal institutions, disbelief in ideals of unbiased evaluation, and a conviction that language is indeterminate. Greenawalt here considers the validity of such skepticism, examining such questions as: whether the law as it exists provides determinate answers to legal problems; whether the law should treat people in an "objective way," according to abstract rules, general categories, and external consequences; and how far the law is anchored in something external to itself, such as social morality, political justice, or economic efficiency. In the process he illuminates the development of jurisprudence in the English-speaking world over the last fifty years, assessing the contributions of many important movements.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Jurisprudence | Law | Law and Philosophy | Law and Politics | Philosophy
ISBN
019506741X
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
New York, NY
Reviews
"Well-written and clearly argued."
—The Review of Politics
Recommended Citation
Greenawalt, Kent, "Law and Objectivity" (1992). Faculty Books. 227.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/227
Comments
Also available as an eBook through the Columbia University Libraries.