Law, pragmatism, and democracy
Reply to Somin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7276372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard A Posner (United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 465-471 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913810408443620 |
| OpenAlex | W2002015386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
While pragmatism cannot resolve deep normative disagreements, it can, as a technique of judicial reasoning, at once resolve satisfactorily the majority of cases that do not involve such disagreements, while protecting democracy from overweening judicial assertiveness
Assertiveness · Democracy · Epistemology · Law and economics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2007 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |