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Legal Pragmatism
In Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Blackwell. pp. 406–414 (1996)
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This chapter contains sections titled: What Is Pragmatism? Foundationalist versus Nonfoundationalist Views of the Law Pragmatism and Legitimacy Rejecting the Demand References.
legal pragmatism pragmatism, making characteristic claims about justification and truth intellectual history ‐ in part, history of rejection of old norms for new ones foundationalist versus nonfoundationalist views of law understanding Wright's rejection of pragmatism ‐ in favor of foundationalism relativism of pragmatism ‐ need not be sophomoric relativism of “anything goes” pragmatism and legitimacy Rortyan pragmatism ‐ fundamental insight into nature of the law Wells's pragmatic nonfoundationalism ‐ decidedly unpalatable for some
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