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Book SynopsisIncisively and stylishly written, this book constitutes an open challenge to reconsider the fundamental question of the relationship of law to society.
Trade ReviewAn excellent study… [Shklar] presents a skillful analysis and criticism of what legal scholar-philosophers…have written… Provocative—due to the author’s directness, confidence, and clarity—for she offers more intellectual excitement than can be found in textbooks on jurisprudence. * American Political Science Review *
[Shklar] has written a startling and original essay criticizing most of contemporary legal philosophy… [This book] is written with a masterful style and a force and conviction rare in legal scholarship. The broad questions presented on its pages are fundamental to a proper conception of the tasks of legal philosophy… In particular, her analysis of legalism is a fully convincing explanation of the connection between law, and ethics and politics; and a demonstration of the need for law to come forth from its not-so-splendid solitude… The abundance of issues which Professor Shklar raises and examines brilliantly from her point of view make her book a constant pleasure to read. From any point of view,
Legalism is a highly original and rewarding contribution to legal philosophy. -- Lloyd L. Weinreb * Harvard Law Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Law and Ideology PART I: Law and Morals Definitions and Ideologies The Differential Characteristics: Sin, Immorality, and Crime Natural Law and Legal Ideology The Ideology of Agreement PART II: Law and Politics Introduction Justice: the Policy of Legalism Law and International Politics Political Trials: Politics What? The Spirit of Political Judgment A War on Trial A National Ideology as Law: Tokyo Justice and the Remote Past Trying the Remote Future Domestic Political Trials Epilogue Conclusion Notes Index
