It seems as though books are the theme of my blogging this week, so I thought I’d recommend another great new book: Professor Michael Sullivan’s Legal Pragmatism: Community, Rights, and Democracy (Indiana Univ. Press 2007). From the book jacket:
In Legal Pragmatism, Michael Sullivan looks closely at the place of the individual and community in democratic society. After mapping out a brief history of American legal thinking regarding rights, from communitarianism to liberalism, Sullivan gives a rich and nuanced account of how pragmatism worked to resolve conflicts of self-interest and community well-being. Sullivan’s view of pragmatism provides a comprehensive framework for understanding democracy, as well as issues such as health care, education, gay marriage, and illegal immigration that will determine its character in the future. Legal Pragmatism is a bold, carefully argued book that presents a unique understanding of contemporary society, law, and politics.
Michael Sullivan is a professor of philosophy at Emory University and was a classmate of mine at Yale Law School. A few years ago, we co-authored an article about legal pragmatism: Can Pragmatism Be Radical?: Richard Posner and Legal Pragmatism, 113 Yale L.J. 687 (2003). Michael is one of the most brilliant people I’ve met, and his new book is terrific. Professor Bruce Ackerman’s blurb says it all: “[This book] represents a genuine breakthrough. . . . [It] will have a large influence on the course of jurisprudential reflection in the decades ahead.” Highly recommended for anybody interested in legal theory!
Originally Posted at Concurring Opinions
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