Private Law Theory

“Law students quickly learn that normative argument is an integral part of the law school experience. And sooner or later, they are likely to encounter what is called the fact-value distinction. Of course, the relationship between fact and value is a deep and complex philosophical topic. Even a survey of the basic topics would take us far afield into the heart of metaethics and across the fields of normative theory and moral philosophy. Nonetheless, we can take a quick look at three important ideas with which every legal theorist should have a basic familiarity …” (more)

[Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, 16 May]

First posted 2021-05-17 15:30:05