Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 LAW, THEORY AND PRACTICE; 3 LAW AUTONOMY AND REASON; 4 A STUDY ON THE JUDICIAL ROLE; 5 EXCLUDED MIDDLES RIGHT ANSWERS AND VAGUENESS; 6 THE USES OF WORDS; 7 SOME THEMES FROM WITTGENSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS; 8 AN ANNEX ON REALISM; 9 WORDS AND CONCEPTS; 10 IMPLICATIONS; Bibliography; Index.
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The central aim of this book is an attempt to demonstrate how the problems of understanding legal reasoning replicate difficulties encountered in the philosophy of language.