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The Principles of Social Order: Selected Essays of Lon L. Fuller

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Principles of Social Order: Selected Essays of Lon L. Fuller

Contributors:

By (Author) Kenneth Winston

ISBN:

9781841132341

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Hart Publishing

Publication Date:

1st February 2002

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Systems of law

Dewey:

340.11

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

344

Dimensions:

Width 150mm, Height 233mm, Spine 17mm

Description

Lon Fuller coined the term "eunomics" for "the study of good order and workable social arrangements." The essays in this volume - representing most of the work of his mature years - are his "exercises in eunomics." They are studies of the principal forms of legal order, including contract, adjudication, mediation, legislation, and administration. In addition, the volume includes several essays on legal education and the ethics of lawyering. Fuller thought of lawyers as "architects of social structure," that is, creators and managers of the various forms of legal order. These responsibilities require close attention to problems of institutional design, in which the concern is with ends as well as means. Accordingly, Fuller believed that legal education should shift from the analysis of appellate court cases to a problem-solving orientation, attending to the conditions for "orderly, fair, and decent" governance. In a lecture on freedom published for the first time in this edition, Fuller develops the idea that the forms of legal order are the diverse vehicles by which freedom is effectively exercised in society.

Author Bio

Kenneth Winston is Lecturer in Ethics and Assistant to the Dean for Special Projects on International Ethics and Diversity,at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

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