Essays in Legal Theory

2000
ISBN: 978-0-7923-6367-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 46, 445 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1830 g

Reihe: Law and Philosophy Library

As I explain in the introduction, this is the third in aseries of collections of my previously published essays in legal theory. All of the essays here but three have been revised for this volume. I now wish to record my gratitude and indebtedness to various persons. I am most indebted and grateful to my wife, Dorothy Kopp Summers, to whom I dedicate this book. I also wish to re cord my gratitude for his interest and patience to Hendrik-Jan van Leusen of Kluwer Academic Publishers. He strongly encouraged me to put this collection together, and without his efforts, it certainly would not have appeared in this timely fashion. I also wish to thank his successor, Sabine Wesseldijk, for assistance. In the course of my academic career, I have benefitted greatly from the many Comell Law School students serving as my research assistants. I have also been privileged to have the fine aid of many Comell Law School secretaries and administrative assistants. Foremost here is Mrs. Pamela Finnigan who has so ably seen this collection put together from start to finish.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Summers, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staat und Kirche, Religions- und Kirchenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Kirchenrecht, Kirchenverwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Theory of Law.- H.L.A. Hart’s the Concept of Law.- Rudolf von Jhering’s Influence on American Legal Theory.- Law as a Type of “Machine” Technology.- On Identifying and Reconstructing a General Legal Theory.- My Philosophy of Law.- Form in Law.- The Formal Character of Law.- A Formal Theory of the Rule of Law.- The Formal Character of Law — Statutory Rules.- Legal Reasoning.- Interpreting Statutes and Precedents — Two Comparative Studies.- The Argument from Ordinary Meaning in Statutory Interpretation.- Interpreting Statutes — Should Courts Consider Materials of Legislative History?.- Formal Legal Truth and Substantive Truth in Judicial Fact-Finding.- Contract Theory.- The Conceptualization of Good Faith in American Contract Law.- Substantive Justification in Contract Cases — the Primacy of Rightness Reasons.- Critique of Economic Analysis of Law.- Economics and the Autonomy of Law, Legal Analysis and Legal Theory.- Economists’ Reasons for Common Law Decisions.

Über Autor(innen)

William G. McRoberts Research Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, and Arthur L. Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science, Cambridge University, 1991-92. B.S. 1955, University of Oregon; LL.B. 1959, Harvard Law School; Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, University of Helsinki, 1990; Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, University of Göttingen, 1994