Beyond legal reasoning : a critique of pure lawyering /

"The concept of learning to 'think like a lawyer' is one of the cornerstones of legal education in the United States and beyond. In this book, [the author] provides a critique of the traditional views of 'thinking like a lawyer' or 'pure lawyering' aimed at lawyers...

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Main Author: Lipshaw, Jeffrey M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
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Summary:"The concept of learning to 'think like a lawyer' is one of the cornerstones of legal education in the United States and beyond. In this book, [the author] provides a critique of the traditional views of 'thinking like a lawyer' or 'pure lawyering' aimed at lawyers, law professors, and students who want to understand lawyering beyond the traditional warrior metaphor. Drawing on his extensive experience at the intersection of real world law and business issues, [the author] presents an...argument that the "pure lawyering" of traditional legal education is agnostic to either truth or moral value of outcomes. He demonstrates pure lawyering's potential both for illusions of certainty and cynical instrumentalism, and the consequences of both when lawyers are called on as dealmakers, policymakers, and counsellors. This book offers an avenue for getting beyond (or unlearning) merely how to think like a lawyer. It combines legal theory, philosophy of knowledge, and doctrine with an appreciation of real-life judgment calls that multi-disciplinary lawyers are called upon to make."--
Physical Description:xviii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781138221307
1138221309
1315410818
9781315410814