01626     2200217   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001300123084001900136100001700155245009500172260005200267300002900319520099700348650002101345990001601366990002601382INLIS00000000000140920241018041840  a0010-0520001409241018                |          0 eng    a0-521-85566-7  aeng  a347.0122  a347.0122 THO j0 aThomas, E. W1 aJudicial Process :bRealism, Pragmatism, Practical Reasoning and Principles /cE.W. Thomas  aCambridge :bCambriedge University Press,c2006  axxvi, 414 p. ;c23,5 cm.  aIn the absence of a sound conception of the judicial role, judges at present can be said to be 'muddling along'. They disown the declaratory theory of law but continue to behave and think as if it had not been discredited. Much judicial reasoning still exhibits an unquestioning acceptance of positivism and a 'rulish' predisposition. Formalistic thinking continues to exert a perverse influence on the legal process. Written by a practising judge, this book dismantles these outdated theories and seeks to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice. The author propounds a coherent and comprehensive judicial methodology for modern times. Founded on the truism that the law exists to serve society, and adopting the twin criteria of justice and contemporaneity with the times, a judicial methodology is developed which is realistic and pragmatic and which embraces a revised conception of practical reasoning, including in that conception a critical role for legal principles. 4aJudicial Process  a00000000419  a07322/MKRI-P/XII-2007