Modernism in legal theory is no different from modernism in the arts: both respond to a cultural crisis, a sense that institutions and traditions have lost their validity. Some doubt the importance of the rule of law, others question the objectivity of legal reasoning. We have lost confidence in the justice of our legal institutions, and even in our very capacity to identify justice.Legal philosopher David Luban argues that we cannot escape the modernist predicament. Accusing contemporary legal theorists of evading rather than confronting the challenge of modernity, he offers important and original objections to pragmatism, traditionalism, and nihilism. He argues that only by weaving together the broken narrative and forgotten voices of history's victims can we come to appreciate the nature of justice in modern society. Calling a trial the embodiment of the law's self-criticism, Luban demonstrates the centrality of narrative by analyzing the trial of Martin Luther King, the Nuremberg trials, and trial scenes in Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus. With these examples, Luban explores several of the tensions that motivate much more contemporary legal theory: order versus justice, obedience versus resistance, statism versus communitarianism.." . . an illuminating account of how contemporary legal theory can be understood as an expression of 'the modernist predicament' by exploring the analogy between modernism in the arts and modernism in law, politics, and philosophy. . . . a valuable critical discussion of modern legal theory." --"Choice"David Luban is Morton and Sophia Macht Professor of Law at the University of Maryland and Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. His other books include "Lawyers and Justice: An Ethical Study."
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从装帧和排版来看,这本书无疑是为严肃的学术探讨而生的。页边距的处理、引文的规范,都体现出出版方对内容的尊重。内容上,作者的行文风格时而如行云流水,时而如手术刀般精准,在不同的章节中展现出极高的驾驭能力。特别是对特定历史案例的分析,那种细致入微的描述和由此引申出的宏大理论建构,让人拍案叫绝。这本书的价值不在于提供简单的答案,而在于提出了更高质量的问题,它真正做到了引领一场重要的思想对话。
评分这本书简直是一场思想的盛宴,作者的笔触犀利而深刻,在探讨法律的本质与社会结构之间错综复杂的关系时,展现出惊人的洞察力。我尤其欣赏作者在梳理现代法律思想演变脉络时所采用的独特视角,它不像传统的教科书那样枯燥乏味,而是充满了对既有范式的颠覆性批判。读完之后,我对“法律是什么”这个问题有了全新的认识,它不再仅仅是规范和条文的集合,而是一个充满权力博弈与诠释冲突的动态场域。作者对法律文本的解读,那种层层剥开表象,直抵权力核心的论证方式,读起来酣畅淋漓。
评分这本书最吸引我的地方,在于其对法律与社会暴力之间内在联系的揭示。作者似乎毫不留情地撕开了法律那层温情脉脉的面纱,将隐藏在法律形式背后的强制性、排他性和潜在的压迫力量暴露无遗。这种毫不妥协的批判姿态,让人既感到震撼,又觉得无比真实。我常常在想,我们所信奉的“法治”,究竟在多大程度上是构建在对某些群体的沉默与牺牲之上的?作者的探讨,无疑为理解当代社会治理的困境提供了一个强有力的理论工具。
评分这本书的文字风格非常具有感染力,仿佛作者正与你面对面,进行一场激烈的学术辩论。那种思辨的火花,在字里行间跳跃,让人欲罢不能。更难得的是,它成功地将抽象的哲学概念与具体的法律实践巧妙地融合在一起,使得即便是对法律理论不甚熟悉的读者,也能感受到其思想的重量和深度。我感到作者在构建自己的理论体系时,展现出一种近乎偏执的严谨性,每一个论点都有坚实的学理支撑,每一个转折都经过深思熟虑,这使得全书的逻辑链条异常紧密,让人在阅读过程中不断地进行自我反思和知识的重构。
评分老实说,这本书的阅读体验是颇具挑战性的,它要求读者投入极大的专注力去跟随作者的思维跳跃。它绝不是那种可以轻松翻阅的“消遣读物”,更像是一次智力上的攀登。作者对某些经典法律理论的解构,大胆而彻底,那些看似坚不可摧的法律基础,在作者的笔下被拆解得支离破碎,继而以一种更为复杂、更具张力的面貌重新呈现。这种颠覆性的叙事方式,虽然偶尔让人感到思维的压力,但最终带来的启发是巨大的,它迫使我们跳出舒适区,重新审视我们习以为常的法律世界。
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