A Conceptual Analysis of Conceptual Analysis in Analytic Jurisprudence

Abstract

Conceptual analysis remains the methodology of much contemporary mainstream jurisprudence. The last fifteen years have seen significant contributions addressing the nature of conceptual analysis in legal theory, but many questions have not been answered in a satisfactory way. These questions can be more clearly addressed if we appreciate: a) that there is a central case of conceptual analysis; and b) the ways in which non-paradigmatic cases of conceptual analysis differ from the central one. Among other things, the article argues that conceptual analysis is necessary but not sufficient to a full understanding of the nature of law. Some knowledge about law is impervious to conceptual analysis but not to empirical social science. The reverse is also true. In explaining the meaning of ‘conceptual analysis’ the article also enacts conceptual analysis: the method the article uses to clarify the nature of conceptual analysis is precisely the method known as ‘conceptual analysis’.

Exploring the influence of ideological and political education on the formation of legal theory by combining set-pair game models

“…The ideological and political education, with the development of the country, is becoming more and more important, and at the same time, the application of this education in the theoretical education of law is also a kind of change to traditional legal education [1][2]. In the past few years, there has been a common problem in the education of colleges and universities.…”