“This installment in the Legal Theory Lexicon is intended to introduce law students (especially first years) to ‘the veil of ignorance’ – an idea from political philosophy that has had an important influence on legal theory. Law students quickly learn that law school focuses more about the normative (‘Is it a good rule?’) than the descriptive (‘What is the rule?’). (‘Just give me the black letter law!’ is a cry in the wilderness.) Once you’ve learned that lesson, another one quickly follows …” (more)
[Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, 21 March]
First posted 2021-03-22 09:00:13
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