Toward an informal account of legal interpretation / / Allan C. Hutchinson [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Hutchinson Allan C. <1951->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 340/.1
• Soggetto topico: Law - Interpretation and construction; Law - Methodology; Law - Philosophy; Comparative law
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Nov 2016).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Preface ; 1 An Informal Opening ; Looking for a Park ; Finding Vehicles ; Of Judges and Jurists ; Conclusion ; 2 Among the Formalist Ghosts ; A Ghostly Presence ; A Dubious Pedigree ; A Ghost of Many Different Kinds An Informalist Opening ; Conclusion ; 3 Walking Softly: The Positivist Contribution ; In the Middle of the Road ; Taking a Ride ; A Good Night's Sleep ; Conclusion ; 4 Walking with Purpose: A Naturalist Turn ; A Fuller Account ; A Sense of Purpose ; Looking for Integrity Lost in the Park ; Conclusion ; 5 Back to the Future: An Originalist Gambit ; Let's Get Originalist ; Shoveling Smoke ; Falling Short ; Going Public ; Conclusion ; 6 In a Common Cause: An Incremental Approach ; A Traditional Approach ; Of Statutes and Constitutions A Great Tradition ; The Obergefell Outing ; Conclusion ; 7 A Hard Line: Further Positivist Efforts ; No Ordinary Joe ; Of Objects and Objections ; Through the Park Darkly ; Conclusion ; 8 Crossing Over: The Anti-Formalist Critique ; The Charted World ; Shift Happens Crossing the Lines ; Conclusion ; 9 Moving On: An Ideological Inquiry ; On the Bias ; Flipping Coins ; Into the Ideology ; Institutional Concerns ; Conclusion ; 10 Law and Ideology: The Informalist Approach ; After 'Theory' ; A Good Night's Sleep ; In a State of Constant Flux
• Sommario/riassunto: Toward an Informal Account of Legal Interpretation offers a viable account of law, judicial decision-making, and legal interpretation that is as fresh as it is familiar. The author expertly challenges the dominant mode of formalist theorizing and proposes an explanatory account of legal interpretation that can profitably be understood as an 'informal' intervention. Such an informal approach has no truck with either the claims of the formalists (i.e., that law is something separate from ideology) or those of the anti-formalists (i.e., that law is nothing other than ideological posturing). Hutchinson insists that, when understood properly, legal interpretation is an applied exercise in law-and-ideology; it is both constrained and unconstrained in equal measure. In developing this informalist account through a sustained application of the 'no vehicles in the park' rule, this book is wide-ranging in theoretical scope and substance, but also accessible and practical in style.
• Titolo autorizzato: Toward an informal account of legal interpretation
• ISBN: 1-316-71918-9; 1-316-72278-3; 1-316-72338-0; 1-316-60645-7; 1-316-58548-4; 1-316-72398-4; 1-316-72638-X; 1-316-72458-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136595003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II