Pragmatism in law and society / edited by Michael Brint and William Weaver.

Other author Brint, Michael.
Other author Weaver, William, 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder : Westview Press, 1991.
Descriptionxii, 400 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Sociological jurisprudence.
Judicial process--United States.
Pragmatism.
Constitutional law--United States.

Contents What good is legal pragmatism? / Thomas C. Grey -- What has pragmatism to offer law? / Richard A. Posner -- Almost pragmatism : the jurisprudence of Richard Posner, Richard Rorty, and Ronald Dworkin / Stanley Fish. Comment on paper by Stanley Fish / E.D. Hirsch, Jr. -- The banality of pragmatism and the poetry of justice / Richard Rorty -- "Just do it" : pragmatism and progressive social change / Lynn A. Baker -- The limits of neopragmatism / Cornel West -- The pragmatist and the feminist / Margaret Jane Radin -- Rorty, radicalism, romanticism : the politics of the gaze / Joan C. Williams -- Civic identity and the state : from Hegel to Jane Addams ... and beyond / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Punishment and legitimacy / Milton Fisk -- A reconsideration of Deweyan democracy / Hilary Putnam.
Contents In context / Martha Minow and Elizabeth V. Spelman -- Situated decisionmaking / Catharine Wells -- A multiple choice test : how many times has the U.S. Constitution been amended? (A) 14; (B) 26; (C) 420+120; (D) all of the above / Sanford Levinson -- The price of metaphysics : deadlock in constitutional theory / Daniel R. Ortiz -- Practice, purpose, and interpretive controversy / Steven Knapp -- Is legal originalism compatible with philosophical pragmatism? / David Hoy -- Pragmatism, right answers, and true banality / Ronald Dworkin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-393) and index.
LCCN 91035084
ISBN0813383099 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813383102 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks K376.P73 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold