Facing the Limits of the Law

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Keirsbilck, Bert (Editor), Devroe, Wouter (Editor), Claes, Erik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Fundamentals of Law.; Philosophy of Law.

Many legal experts no longer share an unbounded trust in the potential of law to govern society efficiently and responsibly. They often experience the 'limits of the law', as they are confronted with striking inadequacies in their legal toolbox, with inner inconsistencies of the law, with...