Journal article
In Pursuit of Pragmatic Legal Theory
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 …
Authors
Waluchow W
Journal
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 125–152
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
January 2002
DOI
10.1017/s0841820900002496
ISSN
0841-8209