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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812935303321

Autore

Heinze Eric

Titolo

The logic of liberal rights : a study in the formal analysis of legal discourse / / Eric Heinze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-41982-1

1-134-41983-X

1-280-02301-5

0-203-38080-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy ; ; v.No.14

Classificazione

08.40

Disciplina

340/.112

Soggetti

Law - Methodology

Natural law

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Cases and sources; Introduction; Agents; Rights and restrictions; Overview of agents; Parties; Quantification and reverse translation; The individual actor; The personal actor; The non-personal actor; Society; Theorems and proofs; Implication and implicature; Harm; Two harm axioms; Causation; The basic harm symbols; Causation markers; Right-based harm; Restriction-based harm; Consent; The concept of consent; Harm and consent; Volition; Forms of argument; Breach; The Urtheorie; Individualism and collectivism; The background theories

Volitional liberalismNon-consensual liberalism; Paternalism; Democracy; Conclusion: a roomful of scholars; Axioms and background theories; Symbols and formulas; Reverse translation rules; European Convention on Human Rights (excerpts); Answers to exercises; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Logic of Liberal Rights uses basic logic to develop a model of argument presupposed in all disputes about civil rights and liberties. No prior training in logic is required, as each step is explained. This analysis does not merely apply general logic to legal arguments but is



also specifically tailored to the issues of civil rights and liberties. It shows that all arguments about civil rights and liberties presuppose one fixed structure and that there can be no original argument in rights disputes, except within the confines of that structure. Concepts arising in disputes about ri