Introduction -- Norms as a function of the judicial process : the ethnographic data -- Scandinavian and American legal realism : measures of reasonableness? -- Shared understandings, reasonableness, and intentional societies -- Reasonableness in a modern legal system -- Conclusion
Summary
Judges in most societies often resort to resolving disputes by means of applying a criterion of reasonableness. In The Demise of the 'Reasonable Man, ' Michael Saltman explores the ways in which reasonableness varies from one legal culture to another, defined by the relative presence or absence of centralized political power. This rich volume references case studies drawn from ethnographic fieldwork, historical sources, and law reports to demonstrate differences in judicial attitudes toward reasonableness
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and index
