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Law and disagreement /

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This collection of essays explores the issue of disagreement and its relevance for or against relativistically pluralistic theses about the character of morality and law. This volume draws together of a number of respected and influential essays together with new and revised essays.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waldron, Jeremy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Law > Philosophy.
Legislation.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
Law > Philosophy
Legislation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A jurisprudence of legislation. Legislatures in legal philosophy ; Legislation by assembly ; Text and polyphony ; Legislation, authority, and voting ; Legislators' intentions and unintentional legislation
  • Disagreement in principle. Rawls's Political liberalism ; The irrelevance of moral objectivity ; The circumstances of integrity
  • Rights and judicial review. Between rights and bills of rights ; Participation : the right of rights ; Disagreement and precommitment ; The constitutional conception of democracy.