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Constitutionalism and Legal Reasoning
Massimo La Torre
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Description for Constitutionalism and Legal Reasoning
Hardback. Talks about the search of a model for a humane law - where the cruelty ban is still in force. Presenting the contention that positive law is better understood, if it is not too easily equated with power, force, or command, this book shows that law is more a matter of discourse and deliberation, than of sheer decision or of power relations. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1040.
This book, which consist of three chapters and two appendices, is intended to connect subjects that have usually been considered as detached or not strongly connected: constitutionalism, legal argumen- tion and legal ethics. Its main contention is that contemporary consti- tionalism pushes towards a new style of legal reasoning, which needs to take into account moral criteria and principles and that eventually the interpretative and moralist approach will lead to a somewhat unort- dox and less authoritarian concept of law. A constitution to be taken seriously and as a distinct and superior source of law, will end up referring to ... Read more
This book, which consist of three chapters and two appendices, is intended to connect subjects that have usually been considered as detached or not strongly connected: constitutionalism, legal argumen- tion and legal ethics. Its main contention is that contemporary consti- tionalism pushes towards a new style of legal reasoning, which needs to take into account moral criteria and principles and that eventually the interpretative and moralist approach will lead to a somewhat unort- dox and less authoritarian concept of law. A constitution to be taken seriously and as a distinct and superior source of law, will end up referring to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Law and Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402055942
SKU
V9781402055942
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