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The Great Juristic Bazaar : Jurists' Texts and Lawyersâ Stories - William Twining

The Great Juristic Bazaar

Jurists' Texts and Lawyersâ Stories

By: William Twining

Hardcover | 9 May 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. William Twining believes that many jurists have been fascinating people struggling with questions that are both historically significant and relevant to contemporary issues. This book brings together previously published essays that centre on three related themes: reading Juristic texts, the role of narrative in law, and relations between theory and practice. Building on a pragmatic view of jurisprudence, the author explores different ways of reading and using Juristic texts, to set them in context, to bring them to life and to engage with the reader's own concerns. He applies this approach to throw fresh light on four familiar figures - Holmes, Bentham, Hart and Llewellyn. Challenging limited agendas and parochial points of view, Twining outlines a programme for a broad approach to legal theory in the context of globalization. He satirizes some bad habits in jurisprudence and explores in depth how stories can be seductive vehicles for cheating in legal contexts, yet are essential for making sense of disputes about fact or law.
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'William Twining is a distinctive voice among British jurists. He has a unique grasp of the history of Juristic ideas, that shines through in all his writings.' Professor Neil McCormick, University of Edinburgh, UK 'In Twining's vision, the scope of jurisprudence is remarkably broad, and uniquely inviting.A From parables to the panopticon, from post-modernism to problems of conceptualizaing law in an era of globalization - no issue important for our understanding of the role of law in modern social life escapes his searching gaze.A These essays offer a leisurely, reflective tour through a rich gallery of jurists and jurisprudential theories, philosophical problems, lawyer's stories, and lessons we can learn from all of them.A Novice and expert alike will find this book enormously rewarding.' Gerald J. Postema, Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 'Professor TwiningA isA by far the most interesting legal theorist alive. Indeed he is the only global legal theorist alive. His work travels from Tanzania to Britain, from the USA to Colombia and further, for he wantsA toA drawA the map of theA brave new world emerging inA the frontiers ofA theA Global North and the GlobalA South. The result is pathbreaking:A indeed, itA is Newfoundland all over again. Not only his research is taking legalA theory where no one has gone before, he is alsoA writing and composing in a unique style. The blending of diary and ethnographic techniques, together with cutting-edgeA analysis moving between philosophy, law and the postcolonial politics of globalization in a no-nonsense approach is unprecedented. Behold, the future of legal and political studies has arrived.' Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Associate Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Ideas, Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

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