TY - JOUR
T1 - The Many Texts of the Law
AU - Davis, Michael Henry
AU - Neacsu, Dana
N1 - Michael Davis and Dana Neacsu "The Many Texts of the Law" 3 British Journal of American Legal Studies 481 (Fall 2014).
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - This paper contends that even as jurists invoke the official canonic version of the legal text, it is in danger of being replaced for the jurist, as well as for the lay person, if it has not been substituted already, by some apocryphal, inauthentic or casual text. We argue that in addition to the approximate nature of legal knowledge, the overuse of overedited and perverted casebooks, as well as the distribution of legal information among imperfect sources – some official but partial, others inauthentic but highly accessible, and a few reliable but highly unaffordable commercial sources – are largely responsible for this situation.
AB - This paper contends that even as jurists invoke the official canonic version of the legal text, it is in danger of being replaced for the jurist, as well as for the lay person, if it has not been substituted already, by some apocryphal, inauthentic or casual text. We argue that in addition to the approximate nature of legal knowledge, the overuse of overedited and perverted casebooks, as well as the distribution of legal information among imperfect sources – some official but partial, others inauthentic but highly accessible, and a few reliable but highly unaffordable commercial sources – are largely responsible for this situation.
KW - jurists
KW - legal texts
UR - https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/fac_articles/786
M3 - Article
VL - 3
JO - British Journal of American Legal Studies
JF - British Journal of American Legal Studies
ER -