Epistemology and Method in Law

This book seeks to question the widely held assumption in Europe that to have knowledge of law is simply to have knowledge of rules. There is a knowledge dimension beyond the symbolic which reaches right into the way facts are perceived, constructed and deconstructed. In support of this thesis the book examines, generally, the question of what it is to have knowledge of law; and this examination embraces not just the conceptual foundations, methods, taxonomy and theories used by jurists. It also examines the epistemological schemes used by social scientists in general in order to show that such schemes are closely related to the schemes of intelligibility used by lawyers and judges.

Author: Geoffrey Samuel
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781138267411