Download This PaperDesanctification of Law and the Problem of Absolutes
25 Pages Posted: 6 Oct 2016 Last revised: 14 Dec 2016
Date Written: June 5, 2016
Abstract
In this paper, I try to connect some vague and inconclusive thoughts about (what a Weberian would call) the desanctification of modern law to our difficulty in deploying certain kinds of moral ideas in our evaluation of law.
Keywords: Absolute Principles, Formalism, Legal Realism, Mala in Se, Morality, Rationality, Technicality, Weber
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Waldron, Jeremy, Desanctification of Law and the Problem of Absolutes (June 5, 2016). NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-47, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2848584 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2848584
Jeremy Waldron (Contact Author)
New York University School of Law ( email )
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012-1099
United States
Feedback
Feedback to SSRN
If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday.