Anything Goes: An Apology for Parallel Distributed Legal Science

Anything Goes: An Apology for Parallel Distributed Legal Science

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Doctrinal legal science seems to lack a proper method and purpose. This interpretation clarifies its value. The backbone of the argu- ment consists of two theses. The first is that coherence—in a sense unusu- al in law—plays a crucial role in legal science. The second is that doctrinal legal science...

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Main Author: Jaap Hage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2016-09-01
Series:Informal Logic
Online Access:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4719
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spelling doaj-c4e39071f06a410c986a3e2381b51fe22020-11-25T02:13:23ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25770824-25772016-09-0136327128710.22329/il.v36i3.47193675Anything Goes: An Apology for Parallel Distributed Legal ScienceJaap HageDoctrinal legal science seems to lack a proper method and purpose. This interpretation clarifies its value. The backbone of the argu- ment consists of two theses. The first is that coherence—in a sense unusu- al in law—plays a crucial role in legal science. The second is that doctrinal legal science is a social enterprise and this should be consid- ered in attempts to understand it. Based on these, a picture of doctrinal legal science is given consisting of parallel distributed constructions of consistent, comprehensive and ex- pansive sets of legal beliefs. Given this, seeming weaknesses of doctri- nal legal science turn out to be actual strengths.https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4719
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publishDate 2016-09-01
description Doctrinal legal science seems to lack a proper method and purpose. This interpretation clarifies its value. The backbone of the argu- ment consists of two theses. The first is that coherence—in a sense unusu- al in law—plays a crucial role in legal science. The second is that doctrinal legal science is a social enterprise and this should be consid- ered in attempts to understand it. Based on these, a picture of doctrinal legal science is given consisting of parallel distributed constructions of consistent, comprehensive and ex- pansive sets of legal beliefs. Given this, seeming weaknesses of doctri- nal legal science turn out to be actual strengths.
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