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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785299703321

Autore

Luban David

Titolo

Legal Modernism [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-60477-5

9786612604775

0-472-02411-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Law, Meaning, And Violence

Disciplina

340/.1

Soggetti

Critical legal studies

Electronic books. -- local

Law -- Philosophy

Law - Philosophy

Law, Politics & Government

Law, General & Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: We Copernicans; Part 1: Theories; 1. Legal Modernism; 2. Legal Traditionalism; 3. Doubts about the New Pragmatism; 4. Hannah Arendt and the Primacy of Narrative; Part 2: Trials; 5. Difference Made Legal: The Court and Dr. King; 6. Some Greek Trials; 7. The Legacies of Nuremberg; 8. Concluding Reflections; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A critique and defense of modern legal theory