Ages ago, at my first-year law school orientation, my classmates were told "If you only know the law, then you do not know the law at all." I took the words to heart as I made my way through law school, through law practice and, now, into law teaching. The Cosmopolitan Lawyer lists readings, many non-law, which are influencing my thinking about law. It is my effort to be, and to encourage others to be, more cosmopolitan--and, thus, less parochial--in thinking about law.
September 29, 2011
T. M. SCANLON
R. Jay Wallace, Rahul Kumar, & Samuel Freeman, eds., Reason and Recognition: Essays on the Philosophy of T. M. Scanlon (Oxford & New York: Oxford U. Press, 2011) (From the "Preface": "T. M. Scanlon is one of the most important philosophers working today. Through his writing and his teaching, he has decisively shaped the questions with which research in moral and political philosophy now grapples, exerting a virtually unrivaled influence on contemporary discussions." Id. at v. Many, if not most, of the essays contain here are worthwhile reading for any law students with a jurisprudential cast of mind.).