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Abstract
The article begins by discussing the difficulties of proving consistency within a formal legal system generally. After establishing the importance of a formalized legal model as a prerequisite of rigorous examination of consistency, it proceeds to investigate issues intrinsic to the current system of law that may prevent formalization of a just legal system as currently conceived. The article argues that flexibility inherent in a just legal system may foreclose the possibility of legal formalization or any comprehensive model thereof. The article concludes, however, that a model whose purpose is the examination of consistency within a system need not necessarily retain the dynamic nature of real-world formalization. Rather, a static model of legal formalization may avoid the complications confronting a comprehensive formalization of law, while retaining the fundamental values critical to examination of consistency within the law.
Publication Title
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Hillel Bavli, Applying the Laws of Logic to the Logic of Laws, 33 Fordham Urb. L.J. 937 (2006).
