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Author: William Powers ,
John Deigh
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781477326411
ISBN 10: 1477326413
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 14 February 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Bill Powers earned august titles over his distinguished career at the University of Texas at Austin, including Professor, Dean, and President. But Teacher was the role he most cherished, one in which he was both brilliant and beloved. Sharpening the Legal Mind shows Powers at his best, helping law students and interested citizens better understand what legal reasoning is, and why it is what it is, by making vivid the competing pictures of law, and of life, in which legal practice is embedded. Law school-the first year in particular-can feel confusing and provoke anxiety. It can be a challenging journey. Powers is a wise and humane guide to its rewards. -- Mitchell Berman Part of what made Bill Powers such a gifted dean, and later, university president, was that he never lost his infectious enthusiasm for the life of the mind and for abstract and foundational questions about the law. Readers who did not know Bill as a student or colleague will discover here that side of his intellectual personality. The first three chapters, in particular, are a lovely and lively introduction to legal reasoning, accessible even to the novice. -- Brian Leiter
Bill Powers earned august titles over his distinguished career at the University of Texas at Austin, including Professor, Dean, and President. But Teacher was the role he most cherished, one at which he was both brilliant and beloved. Sharpening the Legal Mind shows Powers at his best, helping law students and interested citizens better understand what legal reasoning is, and why it is what it is, by making vivid the competing pictures of law, and of life, in which legal practice is embedded. Law school-the first year in particular-can feel confusing and provoke anxiety. It can be a challenging journey. Powers is a wise and humane guide to its rewards. -- Mitchell Berman Part of what made Bill Powers such a gifted dean, and later, university president, was that he never lost his infectious enthusiasm for the life of the mind and for abstract and foundational questions about the law. Readers who did not know Bill as a student or colleague will discover here that side of his intellectual personality. The first three chapters, in particular, are a lovely and lively introduction to legal reasoning, accessible even to the novice. -- Brian Leiter
Author Information
William Powers Jr. (1946–2019) was a legal scholar, teacher, and the 28th president of UT Austin. He investigated the corruption of Houston-based Enron and outlined his findings in the ""Powers Report."" John Deigh is a professor of law and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Sources of Moral Agency; Emotions, Values and the Law; From Psychology to Morality; and An Introduction to Ethics.
