Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law
Abstract
The article explores the potential for enriching U.S. legal scholarship through engagement with European legal hermeneutics, particularly the work of Giuseppe Zaccaria. It argues that while U.S. legal thought has been influenced by various movements like legal realism and critical legal studies, it often lacks the deeper philosophical underpinnings found in continental scholarship. Zaccaria's work, rooted in hermeneutic theory, offers a bridge between European and American legal thought, emphasizing the role of practical reason, language, and community in legal interpretation.
Disciplines
Jurisprudence | Law
Recommended Citation
Ioannis S. Papadopoulos & Mark Tushnet,
Legal Hermeneutics at a Crossroads: Giuseppe Zaccaria's Questioni di Interpretazione (1996),
8
Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L.
261
(2000).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjicl/vol8/iss2/5