Document Type
Review
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
I once heard it said of a famous philosopher of law that he never allowed his philosophy to be polluted by law. No one will ever say that about Ernie Weinrib. His latest book - Corrective Justice - is exceptional precisely because Weinrib is deeply informed about legal doctrine. Of course, he also has formidable philosophical skill, and in bringing that to bear on doctrine, he dismantles any thought that corrective justice is too abstract a concept to shed light on the practical problems that courts face. Along the way, he also demol ishes the instrumentalism that has recently dominated scholarship about private law.
Recommended Citation
Hershovitz, Scott. Review of Corrective Justice, by E. Weinrib. Law & Phil. 32, no. 6 (2013): 817-22.