The Paradoxes of Legal Science

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The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a 1928 jurisprudential treatise by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores the philosophical tensions and logical contradictions within legal reasoning and doctrine.

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instanceOf book
jurisprudential treatise
non-fiction work
author Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo

Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes logical contradictions in legal doctrine
tensions within legal reasoning
discusses conflicts between legal rules and justice
indeterminacy in legal interpretation
interaction of precedent and principle
explores apparent contradictions in legal rules
limits of formal legal reasoning
relationship between logic and law
role of judges in resolving legal paradoxes
focusesOn judicial decision-making
philosophical foundations of law
the nature of legal principles
genre jurisprudence
legal philosophy
hasAuthorNationality American
hasAuthorOccupation Supreme Court justices
surface form: U.S. Supreme Court Justice

jurist
hasForm essay collection
hasPerspective analytic jurisprudence
pragmatic approach to law
hasTitle The Paradoxes of Legal Science self-link
influencedBy legal realism
surface form: American legal realism

common law tradition
intendedAudience judges
law students
legal scholars
language English
legalDomain common law
mainSubject jurisprudence
legal doctrine
legal reasoning
philosophy of law
notableFor analysis of paradoxes in legal thought
influence on 20th-century American jurisprudence
philosophicalTradition Anglo-American legal philosophy
publicationYear 1928
relatedWork The Nature of the Judicial Process
timePeriod early 20th century

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subject surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo
The Paradoxes of Legal Science hasTitle The Paradoxes of Legal Science self-link
Cardozo notableWork The Paradoxes of Legal Science
subject surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo