The Paradox of Self-Amendment: A Study of Logic, Law, Omnipotence, and Change

By Peter Suber

The first full-length study of self-reference and paradox in law, this book will intrigue and instruct anyone interested in law, logic, philosophy, or political theory. History shows that self-amendment - for example, the use of a constitution's amending clause to amend itself - is commonplace; legal analysis shows it to be lawful, even if (as some logicians have alleged) it is self-contradictory; and philosophical analysis shows it to be foundational for legality. The lawfulness of self-amendment, therefore, sheds important light on legal reasoning and rationality, and shows that we no longer need accept the immutability of any level of law.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820412120
• ISBN13: 9780820412122
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.5"