Law's task
Subtitle: the tragic circle of law, justice, and human suffering
By: by Louis E. Wolcher.
Series: Applied legal philosophy
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780754671329
Subjects: Law -- Philosphy; Justice; Law -- Methodology; Law and ethics; Law -- Interpretation and construction; Suffering
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A summary of themes; title: The guiding question; title: Suffering and ethical distress; title: The problem of legal meaning; title: The limits of reason in legal interpretation; title: The times of law and religion; title: The tragedy of law and justice.