The Problems of Jurisprudence

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The Problems of Jurisprudence is a influential book by legal scholar Richard Posner that critically examines and challenges traditional theories of law and legal reasoning.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
legal theory book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Richard A. Posner ⓘ
Richard Posner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques Ronald Dworkin’s theory of law ⓘ
interpretivism ⓘ
legal positivism ⓘ
moral-rights based theories of adjudication ⓘ
natural law theory ⓘ
describedAs influential work in contemporary jurisprudence ⓘ
major statement of Posner’s legal pragmatism ⓘ
emphasizes indeterminacy of legal texts ⓘ
institutional context of judging ⓘ
limits of moral philosophy for judges ⓘ
practical consequences of legal rules ⓘ
genre jurisprudence ⓘ
law and economics ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
hasPerspective economic analysis of law ⓘ
legal pragmatism ⓘ
influencedBy American legal realism ⓘ
linked to: legal realism

law and economics movement ⓘ
pragmatist philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor advocacy of pragmatic approach to law ⓘ
criticism of moral philosophy’s role in adjudication ⓘ
critique of traditional jurisprudential theories ⓘ
integration of economic analysis into legal theory ⓘ
proposes consequentialist evaluation of legal rules ⓘ
pragmatic approach to legal decision-making ⓘ
subject adjudication ⓘ
constitutional interpretation ⓘ
critical legal studies ⓘ
interpretivism in law ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
law and economics ⓘ
law and morality ⓘ
legal interpretation ⓘ
legal pragmatism ⓘ
legal realism ⓘ
legal reasoning ⓘ
legal theory ⓘ
moral philosophy and law ⓘ
natural law theory ⓘ
positivism in law ⓘ
role of judges ⓘ
targetAudience judges ⓘ
law students ⓘ
legal scholars ⓘ

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Richard Posner → notableWork → The Problems of Jurisprudence ⓘ
subject linked to: Judge Richard Posner
Overcoming Law → relatedWork → The Problems of Jurisprudence ⓘ