Ebook: Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict

In this text, the author offers a thesis about how the law works in America, arguing that the courts best enable people to live together, despite their diversity, by resolving particular cases without taking sides in broader, more abstract conflicts.;Contents; Introduction: Law Amid Diversity; 1 Reasoning and Legal Reasoning; 2 Incompletely Theorized Agreements; 3 Analogical Reasoning; 4 Understanding (and Misunderstanding) the Rule of Law; 5 In Defense of Casuistry; 6 Without Reasons, Without Rules; 7 Adapting Rules, Privately and Publicly; 8 Interpretation; Conclusion: Law and Politics; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.