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Constantin M. Stamatis, "Justice Without Law: A Postmodernist Paradox", Law and Critique V/2 (1994), 265-284: Recent postmodern critiques of legal reasoning have turned their interest from literary theory to moral philosophy and ethics. The article welcomes this postmodernist interest in justice in the work of Costas Douzinas and Ronnie Warrington, but argues that a good deal of aporias remain which reduce the value of the whole enterprise. My basic claim is that the irredeemable undermining of legal orthodoxy carried out by critical legal theory should not lead to a postmodern abandonment of legal reasoning. The positions defended in the article are opposed to both traditional approaches and postmodern deconstructions. There is a moment for critical stance and for a reconstructive intention that could amount to a better theorising on legal reasoning and justice. (Address: Perikleous 40, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, 55133, Greece; Tel. and fax: 30-31 432 761)

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