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Realistic Socio-Legal Theory: Pragmatism and a Social Theory of Law
Brian Z. Tamanaha
Abstract
Drawing on philosophical pragmatism, the author formulates a framework for a realistic approach to socio-legal theory. The strengths of this approach are contrasted with that of the major schools of socio-legal theory by application to core issues in this area. Thus the author explores the problematic state of socio-legal studies, the relationship between behaviour and meaning, the notion of legal ideology, the problem of indeterminacy in rule following and application, and the structure of judicial decision making. These issues are tackled in a clear and concise fashion while articulating a s ... More
Keywords: philosophical pragmatism, behaviour, meaning, legal ideology, indeterminacy, rule following, rule application, judicial decision making, social theory, legal theory
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1999 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198298250 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198298250.001.0001 |
