Legal Hermeneutics: History, Theory, and Practice presents a groundbreaking collection of essays that explore the rich interplay between legal interpretation and the broader field of hermeneutics. Through contributions from leading scholars, this volume addresses the complex ways legal texts are read, understood, and applied, positioning legal hermeneutics within the larger humanist tradition. By framing law as an interpretive practice deeply embedded in linguistic, historical, and political contexts, the book challenges traditional views of law as a purely rule-governed system, advocating instead for a more nuanced understanding rooted in philosophical inquiry. Prominently featuring the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer, the essays interrogate the ontological underpinnings of interpretation, emphasizing the dynamic interaction between text and reader, tradition and present understanding. With a focus on both theoretical exploration and practical application, the volume delves into topics ranging from the history of legal hermeneutics to contemporary debates on originalism, constitutional interpretation, and the indeterminacy of law. Scholars and practitioners alike are encouraged to engage critically with these perspectives, fostering a more holistic and humanistically informed approach to legal interpretation. This collection is not merely an academic exercise but an invitation to rethink how legal meaning is shaped by and shapes the larger social and intellectual fabric. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
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Publisher
University of California PressYear
2023Print ISBN
9780520329379
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1eBook ISBN
9780520329386
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Introduction
- PART ONE General Perspectives
- Hermeneutics and the Rule of Law
- Law and Language: A Hermeneutics of the Legal Text
- PART TWO History
- Ars Bablativa: Ramism, Rhetoric, and the Genealogy of English Jurisprudence
- The Americanization of Hermeneutics: Francis Lieber’s Legal and Political Hermeneutics
- Christian Praxis as Reflective Action
- PART THREE Theory
- Constitutional Interpretation and Conceptual Change
- From the Lighthouse: The Promise of Redemption and the Possibility of Legal Interpretation
- Intentions and the Law: Defending Hermeneutics
- Intention, Identity, and the Constitution: A Response to David Hoy
- Legal Indeterminacy and Legitimacy
- PART FOUR Practice
- How Trial Judges Talk: Speculations About Foundationalism and Pragmatism in Legal Culture
- Why Constitutional Theory Matters to Constitutional Practice (And Vice Versa)
- Legal Education and the Public Life
- PART FIVE Commentary
- Play of Surfaces: Theory and the Law
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
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