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Title: THE GREAT JURISTIC BAZAAR
JURISTS' TEXTS AND LAWYERS' STORIES
By: William Twining, Professor Tom D. Campbell
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0754622118
ISBN 13: 9780754622116
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 9 May, 2002
Series: Collected Essays in Law
Pages: 518
Description: The first part of this book deals with reading and interpreting juristic texts. The second part deals with stories in relation to the role of narrative and background generalizations in the argumentation of questions of law and questions of fact in adjudication.
Synopsis: Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. William Twining believes that many jurists have been fascinating people struggling with questions that are both historically significant and relevant to contemporary issues. This book brings together previously published essays that centre on three related themes: reading Juristic texts, the role of narrative in law, and relations between theory and practice. Building on a pragmatic view of jurisprudence, the author explores different ways of reading and using Juristic texts, to set them in context, to bring them to life and to engage with the reader's own concerns. He applies this approach to throw fresh light on four familiar figures - Holmes, Bentham, Hart and Llewellyn. Challenging limited agendas and parochial points of view, Twining outlines a programme for a broad approach to legal theory in the context of globalization. He satirizes some bad habits in jurisprudence and explores in depth how stories can be seductive vehicles for cheating in legal contexts, yet are essential for making sense of disputes about fact or law.
Illustrations: index
Publication: UK
Imprint: Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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