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1、Copyright(c)1997IowaUniversityIowaLawReviewMarch,199782IowaL.Rev.739LENGTH:24370wordsCOLLOQUY:AgainstLegalPrinciples**OriginallypublishedasLarryAlexander&KenKress,AgainstLegalPrinciples,inLawandInterpretation:EssaysinLegalPhilosophy279(AndreiMarmored.,1995).ReprintedbypermissionofOx
2、fordUniversityPress.NAME:LarryAlexander&KenKress**BIO:**TheauthorswouldliketothankStevenBurton,WilliamEdmundson,BrianLeiter,FrederickSchauer,andJeremyWaldronfortheirhelpfulcommentsontheideasdiscussedherein.SUMMARY: ...Moreimportantly,weshallshowthatDworkin'sargumentforapplyingmorall
3、yincorrectlegalprincipleswhichmanifestintegrityfails....UptothispointonemighttakeDworkintobeassertingthattherearemoralprinciplesaswellaslegalrules,andthatjudgesinourlegalsystemfrequentlyadverttothosemoralprinciplesindecidingcases,evenwhenaclearlegalruleapplies....Inotherwords,Cardoz
4、o'sprincipleisaparadigmaticDworkinianlegalprinciplebecause,whileCardozoviewsitasmorallymoreattractivethanthestatedgroundsforearlierdecisions,itisnonethelessderivedfrommost(butnotall)ofthesedecisionsandnotdirectlyfrommorality....Indeed,thatincorrectprinciplewouldbethemorallybestincor
5、rectprinciplewecouldchooseaswellasonewithtotalfit:itwouldbemorallybestbecauseitiscompletelyconsistentwithcorrectmoralprinciplesforallfuturecases,andithastotalfitbecauseitcohereswithallpastcases....Althoughthatdecisionanditsjustificationdonotfitwellwithexistinglaw,theydoflowfromtheco
6、nceptionofjusticetowhichthejudgeisappealing,andthatconceptionwillofcoursebeinternallycoherent....WethenexaminedDworkin'sargumentsrecommendingintegrityandfoundthemwantingasaresponsetomorallymistakendecisions.... TEXT: [*739] I.IntroductionConventionalAnglo-Americanjurisprudentialwisd
7、omaccordslegalprinciplescentralandevenhonorificstatusindetermininghowlegalreasoningdoesandoughttoproceed,andhowcasesareandoughttobeinterpretedandadjudicated.Referencetolegalprinciplespermeatesbothphilosophicalcommentaryonanddoctrinaldiscussionoflaw,interpretation,andadjudication.Ind
8、eed,referencetolega
