The judicial process : realism, pragmatism, practical reasoning, and principles / E.W. Thomas.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Judicial process.

1. Introduction --2. Muddling along --3. The 'curse' of formalism --4. Legal fundamentalism --5. The idolatry of certainty --6. The piety of precedent --7. The foibles of precedent - a case study --8. There is no impersonal law --9. So, what is the law? --10. The constraints on the judiciary --11. Towards a new judicial methodology --12. Of realism and pragmatism --13. Of ..... practical reasoning and principles --14. Taking law seriously --15. A theory of ameliorative justice.

This book seeks to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice. The author propounds a coherent and comprehensive judicial methodology which is realistic and pragmatic and which embraces a revised conception of practical reasoning, including in that conception a critical role for legal principles.

Includes bibliographical references and indices.

0521855667

9780521855662

xxvi, 414 p. ; 25 cm