The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415185459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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The style is clean, direct and succinct. Marshall, University of Sterling. Suber does a fine job in identifying many of the issues Fuller could not have included.–Craig Ducat, Northern Illinois UniversityThere is a real use for this book for courses on legal theory, and it will prove very useful in teaching.–Sandra E. Suber's additions to this classic case are timely and substantially broaden the treatment of Fuller's original piece
:Peter Suber is Professor of Philosophy at Earlham College. He is the author The Paradox of Self Amendment (1990).He is the author The Paradox of Self Amendment (1990).
Five Stars Interesting and well written.. Noel Struchiner said Reflections on the nature of law. On a very superficial reading of the book, I guess it is possible to classify it as a powerful and frightening thriller. However this is certainly not the purpose of the book. "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers" is a powerful inquiry into the nature of law. These nine new opinions added by Peter Suber compose a rich increment to the original book, keeping the original work of Lon Fuller up to date with the contemporary debates in the philosophy of law.. "Terrific, but sometimes scary, book" according to Ary Luiz Dalazen Jr.. This book tells a story that is increasingly touching and powerful:a group of friends decide to explore a cave, but when everything goes wrong, they are forced to create a new law inside the place in order to survive.By doing so, they forget the crowd of people outside who are trying to save them, and in this opressive and dark place, they will have to do something terrible. Lon Fuller sets a tense and hair-raising climate, in which the characters will have to play a deadly game in order to choose
It anchors all of this in a Supreme Court hearing of a gripping, concrete case on which real people disagree. It doesn't tell you what to think, but illustrates the contending positions and lets you think for yourself. How well can it respect the facts and law? How well can it answer the objections from judges who take other views? How well does it deliver justice?) The book uses no jargon and assumes no prior knowledge of law or legal philosophy.. These opinions include perspectives from communitarian, feminist, multicultural, postmodern and economic theories of law, updating Fuller's original ca