Law and the Limits of Reason

by Adrian Vermeule

Book Overview

Human reason is limited. Given the scarcity of reason, how should the power to make constitutional law be allocated among legislatures, courts and the executive, and how should legal institutions be designed? In Law and the Limits of Reason, Adrian Vermeule denies the widespread view, stemming from Burke and Hayek, that the limits of reason counsel in favor of judges making "living" constitutional law in the style of the common law. Instead, he proposes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195383761
• ISBN13: 9780195383768
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 6.4"