LEADER 03476nam 22005773 450 001 9910838320203321 005 20230222084611.0 010 $a1-4773-2643-X 010 $a1-4773-2642-1 024 7 $a10.7560/326411 035 $a(CKB)5580000000449637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30239142 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30239142 035 $a(OCoLC)1351201525 035 $a(DE-B1597)645311 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477326428 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000449637 100 $a20230222d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSharpening the Legal Mind $eHow to Think Like a Lawyer 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) 311 $a1-4773-2641-3 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface -- One. "I Want My Old Mind Back" -- Two. "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers" -- Three. Law's Contours -- Four. Law and Morals: Positivism and Natural Law -- Five. Historical Schools of Thought: The American Revolution to World War II -- Six. Historical Schools of Thought: The Legal Process School in the Mid-Twentieth Century -- Seven. Two Background Moral Theories -- Eight. Historical Schools of Thought: Critical Legal Studies and Postmodern Legal Theories -- Nine. Methodological Polytheism -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aThe way lawyers think about the law can seem deeply mysterious. They see nuance and meaning in statutes and implications in judicial opinions that are opaque to the rest of us. Accessible and thought provoking, Sharpening the Legal Mind explains how lawyers analyze the cases and controversies that come before the courts. Written by William Powers Jr., the former president of the University of Texas at Austin, this book is an authoritative introduction to the academic study of law and legal reasoning, including insights into the philosophy of law and the intellectual history of legal thought. Powers discusses the methods lawyers use to interpret the law, the relation between law and morals, and the role of courts in shaping the law. In eight chapters, he follows the historical debate on these issues and others through different generations and movements in American legal thought?formalism, realism, positivism?to critical legal studies and postmodern theory. The perfect read for anyone looking for a primer on legal reasoning, Sharpening the Legal Mind demystifies the debates and approaches to thinking like a lawyer that profoundly influence the rule of law in our lives. 517 $aSharpening the Legal Mind 606 $aJurisprudence$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLaw$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLaw$zUnited States$xMethodology$xHistory 606 $aLAW / General$2bisacsh 610 $aLaw, jurisprudence, legal philosophy, American legal traditions, legal reasoning. 615 0$aJurisprudence$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw$xStudy and teaching$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw$xMethodology$xHistory. 615 7$aLAW / General. 676 $a349.73 700 $aPowers$b William$0143118 701 $aDeigh$b John$01598210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838320203321 996 $aSharpening the Legal Mind$94143719 997 $aUNINA