Legal Modernism

by David Luban

Modernism in legal theory is no different from modernism in the arts: both respond to a cultural crisis, a sense that institutions and traditions have lost their validity. Some doubt the importance of the rule of law, others question the objectivity of legal reasoning. We have lost confidence in the justice of our legal institutions, and even in our very capacity to identify justice.
Legal philosopher David Luban argues that we cannot escape the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472084399
• ISBN13: 9780472084395
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"