Foreword: The Challenge of Legal Formalism

5 Pages Posted: 3 Nov 2014

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Dennis Patterson

Rutgers University School of Law, Camden; University of Surrey - School of Law

Date Written: November 2, 2014

Abstract

Just when everyone thought legal formalism was dead, Ernest Weinrib gives us collective pause. Over the course of the last decade, Professor Weinrib has championed the cause of legal formalism. Of course, like all works of sophisticated legal theory, Professor Weinrib's defense of legal formalism is remarkable, compelling and, at times, startling. Perhaps the most startling of his views is his claim that most of the tasks that contemporary legal theory sets for itself are misguided. The truth of this claim depends upon central features of Professor Weinrib's account of key issues such as justification, truth, and coherence.

Suggested Citation

Patterson, Dennis, Foreword: The Challenge of Legal Formalism (November 2, 2014). Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 16, No. 579, 1993, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2518166

Dennis Patterson (Contact Author)

Rutgers University School of Law, Camden ( email )

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University of Surrey - School of Law ( email )

United Kingdom

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