Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Source

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

Abstract

This article discusses the death and transfiguration of the legal paradigm referred to as McDougal-Lasswell Policy Science. This paradigm asserts those who make legal decisions should decide on articulated policy grounds rather than attempting to make decisions based merely on rules or principles. The theme centers on the paradox to which jurists have given different degrees of acceptance. In the United States domestic scene, it is virtually dead, and in the international law arena where it is transfigured, it is alive and well.

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125-157

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Published Version

Comments

Document is made available for download in compliance with the publisher's open-access policies. Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

University of Richmond School of Law

Volume

11

Issue

2

Peer Reviewed

yes

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