Law and the Limits of Reason

Name: Law and the Limits of Reason
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ISBN: 9780199914098

ISBN-10: 0199914095

ISBN-13: 9780199914098

Edition: 2012

Authors: Adrian Vermeule

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Human reason is limited. What are the consequences of this fact for the contested lawmaking claims between courts, legislatures and the executive branch? In light of the limits of reason, how should legal institutions be designed? InLaw and the Limits of Reason, Adrian Vermeule criticizes the view that the limits of reason counsel in favor of judicial lawmaking in the style of the common law. He argues that there is no logical connection between the limits of reason, on the one hand, and the superiority of common law or of judge-made constitutional law on the other. The relatively small number of judges on relevant courts, their limited informational base and generalist rather than…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Adrian Vermeule is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.