Gadamer and Law

Contents: Series preface Introduction Part I Philosophical Hermeneutics and Legal Theory: Gadamer on the Exemplary Significance of Law for Hermeneutical Philosophy: The recovery of the fundamental hermeneutic problem, Hans-Georg Gadamer Philosophical Hermeneutics and Jurisprudence: Hermeneutics and the rule of law, Fred Dallmayr The politics of postmodern jurisprudence, Stephen M. Feldman Authorial intent and hermeneutics, Dennis Patterson Originalism as transformative politics, Lawrence B. Solum Law, hermeneutics and public debate, Georgia Warnke Modes of Legal Interpretation: Statutory and Constitutional: Gadamer/statutory interpretation, William Eskridge Reading the race power: a hermeneutic analysis, Alexander Reilly Interpretation, critique, and adjudication: the search for constitutional hermeneutics, John T. Valauri. Part II Gadamer in Conversation with Other Leading Hermeneutic Philosophers on Law and Legal Theory: Gadamer and the Continental Tradition: On a general theory of interpretation: the Betti-Gadamer dispute in legal hermeneutics, George Wright Gadamer and Nietzsche: From strife to understanding: pathological argument in Nietzsche and Gadamer, P. Christopher Smith Responding to Nietzsche: the constructive power of destruktion, Francis J. Mootz III Gadamer and Habermas: Determinacy, indeterminacy and rhetoric in a pluralist world, Mark Burton Traces of violence: Gadamer, Habermas, and the hate speech problem, R. George Wright Gadamer and Dworkin: Protestant hermeneutics and the rule of law: Gadamer and Dworkin, Kenneth Henley Legal hermeneutics: recent debates, David Couzens Hoy Dworkin's hermeneutics, Gregory Leyh. Index.