The Case of the Speluncean Explorers -- Nine New Opinions.pdf

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1、TheCaseoftheSpelunceanExplorers:NineNewOpinions“LonFuller’sCaseoftheSpelunceanExplorers”firstappearedintheHarvardLawReviewin1949.Itisthegreatestfictitiouslegalcaseofalltime.TheCaseoftheSpelunceanExplorers:Ninenewopinionsis,however,thefirstbook-lengthtreatmentofthisclassicarticleavailable.PeterSub

2、erbringsLonFuller’sportraitofAmericanlegalthoughtup-to-datewithcontemporaryissuesinhisninenewopinions.Theoriginalcase,reprintedhereinfull,considersfivecaveexplorerswho,trappedinsideacave,endupeatingoneoftheircompanionsinordertosurvive.Whentheyarerescuedtheyareprosecutedformurder,acrimecarryingama

3、ndatorydeathsentence.ThelegaldilemmasraisedbythiscasewereoriginallyaddressedbyFuller’sfivefictitiousSupremeCourtJustices.TheiropinionsmirroredtherangeoflegalphilosophiesdominantinAnglo-Americanthoughthalfacenturyago.PeterSuberhaswrittenninenewopinionswhichreflectchangingtimes,butilluminatetheorig

4、inalquestions.Oneofthereasonswhythiscaseissowidelycitedisthatthequestionsitraisesareclearlystillpertinent:Arejudicialopinionsmerelyrationalizationsofthejudge’spoliticsandpersonality?Whydojudgesdisagreesodeeplyabouthowthelawappliestoaparticularcase?Suber’sninenewopinionsextendtheargument.Teachingt

5、hemajorpositionsinjurisprudencepainlesslybyconnectingthemtoafascinatingandconcretecase,thisbookpresupposesnofamiliaritywithlaworthephilosophyoflaw.PeterSuber’splayfulandsimplestylemakesthisbookaninvaluabletoolforanyonewantinganintroductiontocontemporarylegalthought.PeterSuber,whoholdsaPh.D.inphil

6、osophyandaJ.D.(inlaw),isProfessorofPhilosophyatEarlhamCollege.HeistheauthorofTheParadoxofSelf-Amendment,thefirstbook-lengthstudyofself-referenceproblemsinlaw.1PREFACELonFuller’sCaseoftheSpelunceanExplorersisthegreatestfictitiouslegalcaseofalltime.Thatissayingalot,forithassomestiffcompetition.Whil

7、eitscompetitorsmayoutdoitincourtroomdrama,characterdevelopment,orinvestigativesuspense,nonematchesitinlegaldepthordialecticalagility.Itshowsnotwhatmakessomelawyer’scaseloadinteresting,butwhatmakeslawitselfinteresting.I