Posner, Richard A.  1939- <br/><br/>
The problems of jurisprudence / 
Richard A.Posner. 
 - Cambridge,Mass. ;  London :  Harvard University Press,  1990 
 - xiv,485p. ;  24cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Part I.The epistemology of law -- 1.Law as logic, rules, and science -- 2.Legal reasoning as practical reasoning -- 3.Other illustrations of practical reasoning in law -- 4.Legitimacy in adjudication -- Part II.The ontology of law -- 5.Ontology, the mind, and behaviorism -- 6.Are there right answers to legal questions? -- 7.What is law, and why ask? -- Part III.Interpretation revisited -- 8.Common law versus statue law -- 9.Objectivity in statutory interpretation -- 10.How to decide statutory and constitutional cases -- Part IV.Stbstantive justice -- 11.Corrective, retributive, procedural, and distributive justice -- 12.The economic approach to law -- 13.Literary, feminist, and communitarian perspectives on jurisprudence -- Part V.Jurisprudence without foundations -- 14.Neotraditionalism -- 15.A pragmatist manifesto. 
<br/><br/> The philosophy of law has long been dominated by two rival doctrines, one stating that law is far more than politics, and the other claiming that it is purely politics, with judges wielding arbitrary powers. Posner rejects these as either too metaphysical or nihilistic, and argues for pragmatism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674708761 (pbk) :  £12.75 0674708768 (Paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jurisprudence.<br/>Jurisprudence & general issues<br/>United States of America, USA<br/>Methods, theory & philosophy of law
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340 POS