the current scene in legal studies--and a hopeful prospect for its future.
Richard A. Posner is Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School
Preface
vii
I The Wrong Turn
Moral Theory
3
(88)
Introduction: From Moral Realism to Pragmatic Moral Skepticism
3
(14)
Understanding Morality
17
(21)
The Academic Moralist and the Moral Entrepreneur
38
(30)
Professionalism's Cold Grip
68
(23)
Legal Theory, Moral Themes
91
(94)
Jurisprudence and Moral Theory
144
Moral Theory Applied Directly to Law
107
(22)
Some Famous ``Moral'' Cases
129
(15)
Constitutional Theory
144
(41)
II The Way Out
Professionalism
185
(42)
The Two Professionalisms
185
(21)
The Supersession Thesis
206
(21)
Pragmatism
227
(84)
The Pragmatic Approach to Law
227
(38)
Postmodernism Distinguished
265
(15)
Some Institutional Implications of Legal Pragmatism
280
(31)
Index
311
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