Pluralistic Juridical Nihilism

Abstract

This essay is largely an extract from my dissertation. It sets out and explains what I now call “pluralistic juridical nihilism.” In essence, I show that the entire history of jurisprudence has been a massive fraud. There is nothing out there in the universe with the word “law” written on its forehead. Rather, law is a word that represents a number of concepts that change depending on the context in which it is used. To some degree it supports the work of Dr. Glanville Williams on the subject but expands thereon by showing my own internal “pluralism.” In that, I mean that I (and others) may hold all theories of jurisprudence at the exact same time without any conflict whatsoever.

Keywords: Jurisprudence, law, philosophy of law