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Doctrinal Scholarship</a> </h2> <div class="post-byline">Published <a class='date' href='https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/2024/10/'>11th October 2024</a></div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>by <a href="https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/professor-claudio-michelon">Claudio Michelon</a>, Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Edinburgh</p> <p>Never has so much been written about the law by so many. This phenomenon can be perceived across many jurisdictions and in practically all areas of law. This growth results from the confluence of many factors, among which the fact that there is progressively more law to be explained, analysed and critiqued, and the broadened access to legal education which, in turn, allows for greater specialization in fields and subfields of the law. The structure of legal academia, in particular the imperative to “publish or perish” surely also plays a role here. But whatever the causes, we are left with a hefty corpus of legal literature. Thus, it is perhaps worth thinking about what, in this ocean of legal writing, could possess authority, and why.</p> <div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/2024/10/11/the-authority-of-doctrinal-scholarship/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The Authority of Doctrinal Scholarship</span></a></div> <span class="uoe-published-time uoe-seo-hidden-area"> <time datetime="2024-10-11" itemprop="dateModified">Oct 11, 2024</time> </span> <span class="comments-link"> <i class="fas fa-comment" aria-hidden="true" title="comment icon"></i> <a href="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/2024/10/11/the-authority-of-doctrinal-scholarship/#respond">Leave a Comment</a></span> </div> </div> </article> </div></div></section>  <aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary" id="sidebar-primary" role="complementary"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Sidebar</h2> <section id="media_image-3" class="widget widget_media_image"><a href="https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/"><img width="308" height="70" src="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/wp-content/uploads/sites/6568/2020/08/Law_black.png" class="image wp-image-139 attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/wp-content/uploads/sites/6568/2020/08/Law_black.png 308w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/wp-content/uploads/sites/6568/2020/08/Law_black-300x68.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px" /></a></section><section id="text-3" class="widget widget_text"><h3 class="widget-title">About the Edinburgh Private Law Blog</h3> <div class="textwidget"><p>The Edinburgh Private Law Blog provides expert insight and debate on a range of fields related to Private Law. 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