Article
Jurisprudential Jujutsu
Working Paper
(2012)
Abstract
Jules Coleman’s article, “The Architecture of Jurisprudence,” 121 YALE L.J. 2 (2011), seeks to adapt legal positivism to accommodate a greater degree of normativity than conventional wisdom would allow. One might describe his effort to preserve positivism by yielding as a form of jurisprudential jujutsu. This response argues that Coleman’s jujutsu, at least as he has developed it thus far, fails to the extent law has moral legitimacy.
Keywords
- legal positivism,
- Jules Coleman
Disciplines
- Jurisprudence and
- Law
Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
Joshua P. Davis. "Jurisprudential Jujutsu" Working Paper (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joshua_davis/9/