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Taking up a single question--"What does it mean to say a proposition of law is true?"--this book advances a major new account of truth in law. Drawing upon the later philosophy of Wittgenstein, as well as more recent postmodern theory of the relationship between language, meaning, and the world, Patterson examines leading contemporary jurisprudential approaches to this question and finds them flawed in similar and previously unnoticed ways. He offers a powerful alternative account of legal justification, one in which linguistic practice--the use of forms of legal argument--holds the key to legal meaning.
This book investigates the fundamental question of what it means to assert that a proposition of law is true. Dennis Patterson, a scholar of legal theory, utilizes the later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and postmodern linguistic theory to critique existing jurisprudential frameworks. He argues that current approaches to legal truth are fundamentally flawed and proposes an alternative model centered on linguistic practice and the application of legal arguments to establish meaning.
What You Will Find
Legal scholars and philosophers frequently cite this work as a significant contribution to the intersection of analytical philosophy and jurisprudence. Readers often note the high level of academic density, making it a text primarily suited for those with a background in legal theory or philosophy of language.
Page Count:
200
Publication Date:
1996-04-25
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195083237
ISBN-13:
9780195083231
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