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Topics and Law: A contribution to Basic Research in Law-Translated with a forword by W. Cole Durham, Jr. - Softcover
Synopsis
Theodor Viehweg's classic, Topics and Law, pioneered the renaissance of law and rhetoric that began in the 1950's and has extended down to the present. The book contrasts the deductive systematic intellectuality that has been influential since Descartes, and the more contextual, problemoriented style inherited from classical rhetoric. It then argues, on the basis of examples drawn from two millenia of legal history, that the rhetorical or topical approach is more apt for law. Experienced on the Continent as a major critique of civilian methodology, the book should find even readier acceptance among the philosophers, comparatists, and practitioners of the common law tradition, which has always adhered to its problem-oriented and rhetorical roots.
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The Author: Theodor Viehweg was born in Leipzig in 1907. He completed his legal studies in Berlin and in 1958 became a lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, where he subsequently was Professor for Philosophy and Sociology of Law until his retirement in 1972. Thereafter he remained active in furthering the law and rhetoric movement until his death in 1988.
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