The Paranoid Style in Contemporary Legal Scholarship

Authors

Francis J. Mootz III, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Abstract

This paper criticizes Pierre Schlag's postmodern legal theory by arguing that his idealized critic exhibits the style of functioning that we commonly would attribute to a paranoid individual. The paper concludes that a dialogical model of postmodern thought inspired by Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics provides a more helpful basis for contemporary legal theory.

Publication Citation

31 Hous. L. Rev. 873 (1994)

Recommended Citation

Mootz, Francis J. III, "The Paranoid Style in Contemporary Legal Scholarship" (1994). Scholarly Works. 48.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/48