Sharpening the legal mind : how to think like a lawyer / William Powers Jr. ; edited by John Deigh.
"The way lawyers and judges think about the law can appear deeply mysterious. They see nuance and meaning in statutes and long-ranging implications in rules that seem hidden to the rest of us. Accessible and thought provoking, Sharpening the Legal Mind helps explain the cases and controversies...
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Austin, TX :
University of Texas Press,
2023.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Editor's preface
- "I want my old mind back"
- "The case of the speluncean explorers"
- Law's contours
- Law and morals : positivism and natural law
- Historical schools of thought : the American Revolution to World War II
- Historical schools of thought : the legal process school in the mid-twentieth century
- Two background moral theories
- Historical schools of thought : critical legal studies and postmodern legal theories
- Methodological polytheism.