In Pursuit of Pragmatic Legal Theory Journal Articles

abstract

• A critical review of Jules Coleman’s The Practice of Principle: In Defence of a Pragmatist Approach to Legal Theory. Coleman’s book has two principal objectives: (1) to defend both Inclusive Legal Positivism and Coleman’s influential views on the role of corrective justice in explaining tort law; and (2) to show how philosophical pragmatism can usefully be employed in defending such views. In this article I both outline and critique the main elements of Coleman's book. I also explore ways in which some of its central arguments could usefully be modified or extended to solve related jurisprudential puzzles.

authors

• Waluchow, Wilfrid Joseph

status

• published 

publication date

• January 2002

has subject area

• 1801 Law (FoR)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence  Journal

keywords

• 48 Law and Legal Studies
• 4806 Private Law and Civil Obligations

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s0841820900002496

start page

• 125

end page

• 152

volume

• 15

issue

• 1