Law as a means to an end
Subtitle: threat to the rule of law
By: Brian Z. Tamanaha
Series: The law in context series; Law in context
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780511250729
Subjects: Instrumentalism (Philosophy); General Practice; Legal positivism; Jurisprudence; Reference; Paralegals & Paralegalism; Philosophy; Law; Rule of law; Essays; LAW; Practical Guides; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Non-instrumental views of law; title: Changing society and common law in the 19th century; title: Nineteenth century legislation and legal profession; title: Instrumentalism of the legal realists; title: 20th century Supreme Court instrumentalism; title: Instrumentalism in legal academia in 1970's; title: Instrumentalism in theories of law; title: Instrumentalism in the legal profession; title: Instrumentalism of cause litigation; title: Instrumentalism and the judiciary; title: Instrumentalism in legislation and administration; title: Collapse of higher law, deterioration of common good; title: The threat to legality.