'Objectively Speaking...' There is No Such Thing in the Law!

Disability Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005

Posted: 30 Jul 2008

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David T. Ritchie

Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law

Date Written: 2005

Abstract

In this article I explore the nature of certainty in legal decision making. Unlike the sciences, which maintain a sense of certainty that is related to objectivity, I maintain that legal decision-making is altogether different. Drawing on the work of the American pragmatist John Dewey, I suggest that legal decision-making is situated and perspectival, not objective.

Keywords: objectivity, pragmatism, subjectivity, law, certainty

Suggested Citation

Ritchie, David T., 'Objectively Speaking...' There is No Such Thing in the Law! (2005). Disability Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1178939

David T. Ritchie (Contact Author)

Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law ( email )

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