Law and Legal Interpretation (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Second Series)

Pt. I. Interpretation and law: why is interpretation important for law? Law, philosophy and interpretation (1994) / Ronald Dworkin ; Why interpret? (1996) / Joseph Raz Pt. II. Interpretation and legal reasoning: law and morality. Law as practical reason (1989) / M.J. Detmold ; Legal reasoning and legal theory revisited (1999) / Fernando Atria ; A natural law theory of interpretation (1985) / Michael S. Moore Pt. III. Interpretation and application of legal rules, vagueness and defeasibility. Justification and application of norms (1993) / Robert Alexy ; Critical remarks on Robert Alexy's "special-case thesis" (1993) / Klaus Günther ; Law, love and computers (1996) / Zenon Bankowski ; On law and logic / Carlos E. Alchourrón Pt. IV. Legal interpretation and politics. Legal analysis as institutional imagination (1996) / Roberto Mangabeira Unger ; The inertia of institutional imagination: a reply to Roberto Unger (1996) / Emilios A. Christodoulidis Pt. V. Interpretation and objectivity. Law and metaphysics (1987) / Charles M. Yablon ; Kripke's case: some remarks on rules, their interpretation and application (1988) / Jes Bjarup ; Working on the chain gang: interpretation in law and literature (1989) / Stanley Fish Pt. VI. Interpreting the law. Normative and narrative coherence in legal decision making (1998) / Jan M. van Dunné ; On justification and interpretation (1994) / Jerzy Wróblewski and Neil MacCormick ; Authority reasons in legal interpretation and moral reasoning (1988) / Aleksander Peczenik ; Two types of substantive reasons: the core of a theory of common-law justification (1978) / Robert S. Summers ; Reasonableness and objectivity (1999) / Neil MacCormick. Interpretation and Law - Why is Interpretation Important for Law: Ronald Dworkin (1994) Law, Philosophy and Interpretation Joseph Raz (1996) Why Interpret. Interpretation and Legal Reasoning - Law and Morality: Michael Detmold (1989) Law as Practical Reason Fernando Atria (1999) Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory Revisited Michael Moore (1985) A Natural Law Theory of Legal Interpretation. Interpretation and Application of Legal Rules, Vagueness and Defeasibility: Robert Alexy (1993) Justification and Application of Norms Gunther Klaus (1993) Critical Remarks on Robert Alexy's Spcial Case Thesis Zenon Bankowski (1996) Law, Love and Computers Carlos Alchourron (1996) On Law and Logic. Legal Interpretation and Politics: Roberto Unger (1996) Legal Analysis as Institutional Imagination Emilios Christodoulidis (1996) The Inertia of Institutional Imagination - A Reply to Roberto Unger. Interpretation and Objectivity: Charles Yablon (1987) Law and Metaphysics Jes Bjarup (1988) Kripke's Case Stanley Fish (1989) Working in the Chain Gang, reprinted in Fish, "Doing What Comes Naturally". Interpreting the Law: M. Van Dunne (1998) Normative and Narrative Coherence in Legal Decision-Making Jerzy Worblewski and Neil MacCormick (1994) Justification and Interpretation Aleksander Peczenik (1988) Authority Reasons in Legal and Moral Reasoning Robert Summers (1978) Two Types of Substantive Reasons Neil MacCormick (1999) Reasonableness and Objectivity. Leading recent essays on interpretation are assembled in this volume, which offsets them against a small number of 'classical' works from earlier periods. It has long been recognised that textual sources (constitutions, statutes, precedents, commentaries) are central to 'developed' systems of law and that interpretation of such texts is one highly important element in adjudication, legal practice and legal scholarship. More recently, scholars have contended that the totality of legal activity is 'interpretive' in a wider sense and debates about objectivity have raged. The reasons for this development are here critically scrutinized