de Oliveira / Paulson / Trivisonno Alexy's Theory of Law

Proceedings of the Special Workshop "Alexy's Theory of Law" held at the 26th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Belo Horizonte, 2013
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-515-11093-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 144, 187 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie – Beihefte

Over the years Robert Alexy has developed a systemic approach to legal theory, an approach whose dimensions include discourse theory, principles theory, and a non-positivist conception of law. Principles theory is found at the very core of Alexy's system. Constitutional rights, he argues, are best understood as principles, and collisions between constitutional rights – understood now as competing principles – are resolved by balancing their respective weights. Critical examinations of Alexy's work on principles theory and on the other dimensions of his system are presented here, along with a contribution on human rights, one of Alexy's more recent foci. Alexy's work is receiving ever greater attention, both at home, in Germany, and abroad, with translations of his treatises and papers into many languages. The authors of the contributions aim to promote enquiry into Alexy's project. While their general approach is that of analytical jurisprudence, the individual contributions reflect great variety in their respective assessments of Alexy's seminal work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Oliveira, Julio Aguiar

Paulson, Stanley L.

Trivisonno, Alexandre T. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Introduction;8
3;Part I – Legal Discourse;10
3.1;Rationality without Ideality;12
3.2;A Matter of Interest;24
3.3;Discretion and the “Problem of Practical Knowledge” in Ideal and Real Discourses;66
4;Part II – Human Rights;82
4.1;Robert Alexy’s Conception of Human Rights;84
5;Part III – Principles and Proportionality;94
5.1;Robert Alexy’s Reconstruction of Formal Principles;96
5.2;Should All Arguments Matter?;112
5.3;Theory of a Phantom;130
5.4;Alexy’s Theory of Principles: The Ideal/Real Dualism;150
6;Part IV – Law and Rights;162
6.1;Extreme Injustice and the Concept of Law;164
6.2;An Issue in Robert Alexy’s Theory of the Nature of Law;180

Über Autor(innen)

Trivisonno, Alexandre T. G.
Alexandre Travessoni Gomes Trivisonno, Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais-UFMG (Belo Horizonte / Brazil) and at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte / Brazil). PhD in Legal Philosophy, UFMG 2002. He was visiting researcher as Chair of Legal Philosophy and Public Law of the C.A.U zu Kiel, 2010–2011.