
The Principles of Social Order
Selected Essays of Lon L. Fuller
Kenneth Winston(Editor)
Hart Publishing
Published on 1. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-84113-234-1 (ISBN)
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.
Lon Fuller taught contracts and jurisprudence at the Harvard Law School from 1939 to 1972, where he was Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence. His writings, such as "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers," are classics of the legal literature.
Lon Fuller taught contracts and jurisprudence at the Harvard Law School from 1939 to 1972, where he was Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence. His writings, such as "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers," are classics of the legal literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
527 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84113-234-1 (9781841132341)
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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.
Content
Part 1 Eunomics - the theory of good order and workable social arrangements: means and ends. Part 2 The principles and forms of social order: two principles of human association; the forms and limits of adjudication; mediation - its forms and functions; the implicit laws of lawmaking; the role of contract in the ordering processes of society generally; irrigation and tyranny; human interaction and the law. Part 3 Legal philosophy, legal education and the practice of law: the needs of American legal philosophy; the lawyer as an architect of social structures; on legal education; philosophy for the practising lawyer; the case against freedom; appendix.