Source 109: The following quote is from an article by Gary Saalman, ‘Postmodernism and You: Law’, 1996; accessed Jan. 2011 at: http://www.xenos.org/ministries/crossroads/dotlaw.htm. This link may or may not still be operational; if it isn't, we may have redirected it to the WayBackMachine archive.

‘In recent years...postmodernism has risen to the forefront of legal theory. Postmodern theorists...claim the law cannot have any foundation because there is no foundation for objective knowledge of any kind...Principles of law could never reflect universal truths, they argue...According to these scholars, it is senseless to talk about whether a law is right or wrong or moral or amoral...most observers agree that postmodern theories of law are exerting a huge influence today in the courtroom and the legislature...Remember, these are not a lunatic fringe at the margins of legal practice. They include department heads, and leading professors of law schools...practicing lawyers and legal authorities’

The above quote will appear with yellow highlight in the page below.

To open the print-friendly PDF version of this source, click here