Gadamer and law / edited by Francis J. Mootz III.

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Publication details:

Aldershot, Hampshire : Ashgate Publishing, 2007.

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Record id:

59635

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Author:

Mootz, Francis J.

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Series:

Philosophers and law.

Subject:

Gadamer, Hans Georg, -- 1900-2002 -- Knowledge -- Law.

Law -- Philosophy.

Contents:

Part I. Part II. Philosophical hermeneutics and legal theory

Gadamer on the exemplary significance of law for hermeneutical philosophy

Philosophical hermeneutics and jurisprudence

Modes of legal interpretation: statutory and constitutional

Gadamer in conversation with other leading hermeneutical philosophers on law and legal theory

Gadamer and the continental tradition

Gadamer and Nietzsche

Gadamer and Habermas

Gadamer and Dworkin.

Summary:

In this collection, leading scholars consider the importance of Gadamer's philosophy for ongoing disputes in legal theory and provide an overview of the connections between law and Gadamer's hermeneutical philosophy.

Note:

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780754626046

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Phys. description:

xx, 523 p. ; 25 cm