Law, pragmatism, and democracy / Richard A. Posner.

Cambridge (Mass) : Harvard Univ Pr, 2003.

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Jurisprudence.

Democracy.

Rule of law -- United States.

Justice, Administration of -- United States.

Introduction : Pragmatic liberalism and the plan of the book

1. Pragmatism : philosophical versus everyday

2. Legal pragmatism

3. John Dewey on democracy and law

4. Two concepts of democracy

5. Democracy defended

6. The concepts applied

7. Kelsen versus Hayek : pragmatism, economics, and democracy

8. Legality and necessity

9. Pragmatic adjudication : the case of Bush v Gore

10. Purposes versus consequences in First Amendment analysis.

Includes index.

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xii, 398 p.