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The principles of social order : selected essays of Lon L. Fuller /

The principles of social order : selected essays of Lon L. Fuller / edited by Kenneth I. Winston. - Rev. ed. - Oxford ; Hart Pub., 2001. - x, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Introduction to the revised edition 1;
Introduction [to the first edition] 25;
I. Eunomics: The Theory of Good Order and Workable Social Arrangements:
Means and Ends 61;
II. The Principles and Forms of Social Order:
Two Principles of Human Association 81;
The Forms and Limits of Adjudication 101;
Mediation-Its Forms and Functions 141;
The Implicit Laws of Lawmaking 175;
The Role of Contract in the Ordering Processes of Society Generally 187;
Irrigation and Tyranny 207;
Human Interaction and the Law 231;
III. Legal Philosophy, Legal Education, and the Practice of Law:
The Needs of American Legal Philosophy 269;
The Lawyer as an Architect of Social Structures 285;
On Legal Education 293;
Philosophy for the Practicing Lawyer 305;
The Case Against Freedom 315;
Appendix – Letter from Lon L. Fuller to Thomas Reed Powell 331;
Bibliography of the Published writings of Lon L. Fuller 343;
Index 347.


9781841132341 (pbk)


Fuller, Lon L.


Law--Philosophy.
Legal positivism.
Natural law.

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