"An interpretivist
does not see beliefs as random, or individual actions as arbitrary. Rather, beliefs
form coherent wholes, systems that are structured by principles of meaning. Since
beliefs constitute consciousness, they influence action and explain order. And
since beliefs are organized into distinct and interrelated structures, they are
neither arbitrary nor random. Law is both a set of beliefs and a constituent part
of consciousness. Interpretivist scholarship, therefore, focuses on the structure
of legal ideas, seeking to identify the deep principles of meaning that lie behind
them, and to relate these principles to social action and order." [David
M. Trubek, "Where
the Action Is: Critical Legal Studies and Empiricism," 36 Stan. L. Rev.
575, 603-5 (1984)].