02495nam 2200589Ia 450 991045115050332120200520144314.01-280-53368-497866105336880-19-802320-00-19-535692-6(CKB)1000000000408766(EBL)430898(OCoLC)459793566(SSID)ssj0000189797(PQKBManifestationID)11180702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189797(PQKBWorkID)10157270(PQKB)11291925(MiAaPQ)EBC430898(Au-PeEL)EBL430898(CaPaEBR)ebr10358479(CaONFJC)MIL53368(EXLCZ)99100000000040876619951016e19951992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaw and objectivity[electronic resource] /Kent GreenawaltNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press1995, c19921 online resource (301 p.)First published in 1992.0-19-509833-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1 Introduction; I: Legal Rules and Determinate Answers to Legal Questions; II: How the Law Treats People; III: Law's Relation to Broader Sources That Make It Objective in Various Respects; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn 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, poliLawInterpretation and constructionObjectivityElectronic books.LawInterpretation and construction.Objectivity.340Greenawalt Kent1936-259559MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451150503321Law and objectivity708177UNINA