The Demise of the Reasonable Man: A Cross-Cultural Study of a Legal Concept / Edition 1

The Demise of the Reasonable Man: A Cross-Cultural Study of a Legal Concept / Edition 1

by Michael Saltman
ISBN-10:
1412855918
ISBN-13:
9781412855914
Pub. Date:
06/30/2015
Publisher:
Transaction Publishers
ISBN-10:
1412855918
ISBN-13:
9781412855914
Pub. Date:
06/30/2015
Publisher:
Transaction Publishers
The Demise of the Reasonable Man: A Cross-Cultural Study of a Legal Concept / Edition 1

The Demise of the Reasonable Man: A Cross-Cultural Study of a Legal Concept / Edition 1

by Michael Saltman
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Overview

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.

In non-politically centralized societies, Saltman says, judges seek meanings underlying human behavior, and try to place reasonableness within a societal and cultural context. This is possible because primitive societies are relatively homogenous in their values and tend towards consensus when determining what constitutes reasonable behavior. In contrast, modern judges resort to standards of reasonableness only when the legal standard is unclear. Saltman contrasts judges in politically centralized societies, who, in the absence of such consensus, have the authority to determine, on the basis of that authority, what constitutes reasonableness. This rich volume references case studies drawn from ethnographic fieldwork, historical sources, and law reports to demonstrate differences in judicial attitudes toward reasonableness.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412855914
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 06/30/2015
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 177
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Saltman is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israel. He has done field research among the Kipsigis of Kenya and within the Kibbutz Movement. His books include The Kipsigis: A Case Study in Changing Customary Law, Land, and Territoriality and Social Critique and Commitment.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Norms as a Function of the Judicial Process: The Ethnographic Data 3. Scandinavian and American Legal Realism: Measures of Reasonableness? 4. Shared Understandings, Reasonableness, and Intentional Societies 5. Reasonableness in a Modern Legal System 6. Conclusion References Index
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