Law's Ideal Dimension provides a comprehensive account in English of renowned legal theorist Robert Alexy's understanding of jurisprudence, as expanded upon from his publications A Theory of Legal Argumentation (OUP 1989), A Theory of Constitutional Rights (OUP 1985), and The Ar…
"This collection of essays offers the first systematic treatment in English of the work of Robert Alexy, one of the leading legal theorists in the world today. It assimilates his ideas on the nature of law, rights and proportionality, and legal argumentation, and presents a new …
This collection provides a comprehensive account of Robert Alexy's legal theory. It is divided into three parts: the nature of law; constitutional rights, human rights, and proportionality; and the relation between argumentation, correctness, and law.
Présentation de l'éditeur : "The book offers contributions to a philosophical and realistic approach to the place of adjudication in contemporary constitutional democracies. Bringing together scholars from different legal and philosophical backgrounds, the book purports to cast …
Introduction /Pierluigi Chiassoni, Bojan Spaić --The roles of judges in democracies : a realistic view /Brian Leiter --Is realism at odds with constitutional democracy? /Pierluigi Chiassoni --On the (un)changing judge icons and their creators : on Deborah, Coke and Montesquieu, …
"The book offers contributions to a philosophical and realistic approach to the place of adjudication in contemporary constitutional democracies. Bringing together scholars from different legal and philosophical backgrounds, the book purports to cast light on the role(s) of judg…
"The Constitutional State provides an original analytical account of the state and its associated constitutional phenomena. It presents the state as a form of social group, consisting of people, territory and institutions bound together by rules. The institutions of the state ma…
The constitutional state
by Barber, Nick W., (Nicholas William)
fromOxford constitutional theory
The constitutional state
by Barber, N. W., (Nicholas William)
fromOxford constitutional theory
The constitutional state
by Barber, N. W., (Nicholas William)
fromOxford constitutional theory
'The Constitutional State' provides an account of the nature of the state & its constitution. This account casts light on some of the central puzzles faced by writers on constitutions - such as the possibility of states to undertake actions & form intentions, & the moral signifi…
The constitutional state
by Barber, N. W., (Nicholas William)
fromOxford constitutional theory
"The Constitutional State provides an original analytical account of the state and its associated constitutional phenomena. It presents the state as a form of social group, consisting of people, territory and institutions bound together by rules. The institutions of the state ma…
Few terms in political theory are as overused, and yet as under-theorized, as constitutional revolution. In this book, Gary Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai argue that the most widely accepted accounts of constitutional transformation, such as those found in the work of Hans Kelsen, H…
Few terms in political theory are as overused, and yet as under-theorized, as constitutional revolution. In this book, Gary Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai argue that the most widely accepted accounts of constitutional transformation, such as those found in the work of Hans Kelsen, H…
