Common law theory
By: edited by Douglas E. Edlin.
Contributors: Edlin, Douglas E.
Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780521846424
Subjects: Common law -- Philosophy.; Constitutional law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Common law rules; title: Judges as rule makers / Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin; title: Some types of law / John Gardner; title: Common law reasoning; title: The principles of legal reasoning in the common law / Melvin A. Eisenberg; title: A similibus ad similia : analogical thinking in law / Gerald J. Postema; title: Reasoned decisions and legal theory / David Dyzenhaus and Michael Taggart; title: Common law constitutionalism; title: Common law, natural law, and the constitution / James R. Stoner, Jr.; title: Text, context, and constitution : the common law as public reason / T.R.S. Allan; title: The myth of the common law constitution / Jeffrey Goldsworthy.