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Zusatztext Lucy's text is carefully argued, and displays an impressively wide knowledge of the literature in a variety of fields. The book is a very welcome and highly valuable addition to jurisprudence of adjudication. Informationen zum Autor William Lucy is Professor of Law, University of Manchester Klappentext This is the first book that attempts to analyze and define the methodology and values of contemporary accounts of adjudication, which can be divided into orthodox philosophies on the one hand and heretical accounts on the other. The author offers an incisive and original analysis of how these supposedly incompatible accounts actually differ. Zusammenfassung Explaining and Understanding Adjudication is the first book that attempts to analyse and define the methodology and values of contemporary accounts of adjudication, which can be divided into orthodox philosophies on the one hand and heretical accounts on the other. The author offers an incisive and original analysis of how these supposedly incompatible accounts actually differ. Through an evaluation of Neil MacCormick, Joseph Raz and Ronald Dworkin as the principal exponents of the orthodoxy and Duncan Kennedy and Roberto Unger providing the heretical accounts, William Lucy argues that there are few important differences between the two. Rather, the author concludes, both theories have acute problems in relation to the methodology and values they apply in interpreting adjudication. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements 1: Introduction PART I 2: Constructing and Criticising the Orthodoxy 3: The Sovereign Individual 4: Adjudication for Pluralists PART II 5: Constructing the Heresy 6: The Sovereign Structure 7: Adjudication for Visionaries 8: Conclusion Index
