Sharpening the Legal Mind : : How to Think Like a Lawyer / / William Powers; ed. by John Deigh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Powers, William,
• HerausgeberIn: Deigh, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Editor’s Preface --; one. “I Want My Old Mind Back” --; two. “The Case of the Speluncean Explorers” --; three. Law’s Contours --; four. Law and Morals: Positivism and Natural Law --; five. Historical Schools of Thought: The American Revolution to World War II --; six. Historical Schools of Thought: The Legal Process School in the Mid-Twentieth Century --; seven. Two Background Moral Theories --; eight. Historical Schools of Thought: Critical Legal Studies and Postmodern Legal Theories --; nine. Methodological Polytheism --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781477326428; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319148; 9783111318226; 9783110797824
• DOI: 10.7560/326411
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Powers; ed. by John Deigh.

The way lawyers think about the law can seem deeply mysterious. They see nuance and meaning in statutes and implications in judicial opinions that are opaque to the rest of us. Accessible and thought provoking, Sharpening the Legal Mind explains how lawyers analyze the cases and controversies that come before the courts. Written by William Powers Jr., the former president of the University of Texas at Austin, this book is an authoritative introduction to the academic study of law and legal reasoning, including insights into the philosophy of law and the intellectual history of legal thought. Powers discusses the methods lawyers use to interpret the law, the relation between law and morals, and the role of courts in shaping the law. In eight chapters, he follows the historical debate on these issues and others through different generations and movements in American legal thought—formalism, realism, positivism—to critical legal studies and postmodern theory. The perfect read for anyone looking for a primer on legal reasoning, Sharpening the Legal Mind demystifies the debates and approaches to thinking like a lawyer that profoundly influence the rule of law in our lives.