Document Type
Article
Comments
The Case for Law – A Critique, 1 Valparaiso Law Review 215 (1967)
Abstract
Pound's Valparaiso address-The Case for Law-is not a strong piece; it is more a restatement of old themes than a fresh adventure. But it does illustrate the main features of his intellectual profile. His exuberant erudition sweeps us from Babylon through Rome and Plantagenet England to Colonial America, Imperial France and yesterday. His philosophical sense is deployed, cutting across dogmatism and opening up lines of analysis with logical distinctions between law and laws, rules and principles, justice and utopia. But his lack of discipline is also at work, and prevents him from carrying his insights and distinctions far enough to make them pay their way.
Date of Authorship for this Version
1967
Recommended Citation
Dworkin, Ronald M., "The Case for Law – A Critique" (1967). Faculty Scholarship Series. 3610.
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/3610