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Zusatztext One of the highlights of the book is a long essay in which Coleman articulates his current thinking on many of the issues raised in the articles. For those with broad interests in legal theory, there is much here to provoke reflection. For those with more specialized interests, the book provides a lively introduction to the issues that have engaged Jules Coleman for the last couple of decades. / Kenneth Einar Himma, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Washington / The Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 9 , No. 2, Feb 1999. Informationen zum Autor Brian Bix is Frederick W. Thomas Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Minnesota Law School Klappentext Analyzing Law offers an important selection of the most influential and challenging work now being done in legal theory. A central focus of the essays in this work is the contribution of the well-known philosopher Jules Coleman to the various topics which are covered by the contributors. Zusammenfassung Analysing Law covers topics ranging from the problem of objectivity and the nature of rules to the challenges of feminism and Critical Race Theory. Some of the essays take as their starting point Jules Coleman's contributions to analytical jurisprudence and the philosophical foundations of the common law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Theory and Methodology 1: Brian Bix: An Essay on The Objectivity of Law 2: Scott J. Shapiro: The Difference That Rules Make II. Schools of Thought 3: Frederick Schauer: Positivism Through Thick and Thin 4: Brian Leiter: Naturalism and Naturalized Jurisprudence III. Philosophical Foundations of the Common Law 5: Guido Calabresi: Supereditor or Translator: Comments on Coleman 6: Jeremy Waldron: Is Coleman Hobbes or Hume (or perhaps Locke)? 7: Stephen R. Perry: The Distributive Turn: Mischief, Misfortune and Tort Law 8: Matthew H. Kramer: Of Aristotle and Ice Cream Cones: Reflections on Jules Coleman's Theory of Corrective Justice IV. Critical Perspectives 9: Martha A. Fineman: Contract, Marriage and Background Rules 10: Robin West: The Other Utilitarians 11: Mark V. Tushnet: Defending the Interdeterminacy Thesis 12: Jerome McCristal Culp, Jr.: Choice, White Supremacy, Coleman: Philosophy of Economics, Race, and the Law V. Response 13: Jules L. Coleman: Second Thoughts and Other First Impressions ...
