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Indeterminacy
In Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Blackwell. pp. 479–492 (1996)
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This chapter contains sections titled: What Does the Indeterminacy Thesis Mean? Is the Law Radically Indeterminate? Is a Modest Version of the Indeterminacy Thesis Defensible? Conclusion References.Author's Profile
indeterminacy ‐ law determining outcome of particular legal disputes indeterminacy debate ‐ claiming that the law does not constrain judicial decisions indeterminacy debate ‐ “key issue in legal scholarship today” role of indeterminacy in radical critiques of law rule of law, complex notion, legal justice falling short of ideal of rule of law indeterminacy versus underdeterminacy rule skeptic defenses of radical indeterminacy deconstructionist defenses of radical indeterminacy underdeterminacy of actually litigated cases
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