| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Contents |
What makes words law? -- How law grows up in a group -- The invention of "because I said so" -- The empty idea of authority -- Ideas that endure -- When should we do what law signals? -- How law works -- Evolution and revolution -- Reading to understand each other -- The life of the law |
| Summary |
Why do people consult the law? Why do we consult lawyers? This book articulates a fresh conception of law that builds on Oliver Wendell Holmes' celebrated insights concerning law's predictive potential. It considers important implications of this new understanding for how we individually make moral choices, how we read law, and some of the many other ways that law affects our lives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-252) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- Philosophy.
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Law -- Philosophy
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Law, Politics & Government.
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Law, General & Comparative.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199950478 |
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0199950474 |
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