Modern legal theory and judicial impartiality [[electronic resource] /] / Ofer Raban
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| Autore: |
Raban Ofer <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Modern legal theory and judicial impartiality [[electronic resource] /] / Ofer Raban
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Portland, Or., : GlassHouse Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (125 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 340.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Law - Philosophy |
| Jurisprudence | |
| Judicial ethics | |
| Justice | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-117) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Modern Legal Theory andJudicial Impartiality; Copyright Page; Acknowlegements; Foreword; Contents; 1. Introduction: law and impartiality; 2. The legal positivism of HLA Hart; I. Hart's thesis; II. Hart and the problem of 'essentially contested concepts'; III. Legal practice and the linguistic boundaries of legal rules; IV. Legal positivism after Hart; 3. Max Weber and the virtues of legal positivism; I. Weber's thesis; II. Predictability and calculability; III. The real virtues of legal positivism; 4. Dworkin and the proper methodology of legal theory |
| I. Dworkin's methodological claimsII. Objectivity, truth, and impartiality; III. The problems with relying on practitioners' own understanding; IV. The error and the insight; 5. Dworkin's 'law as integrity'; I. Dworkin's thesis; II. Integrity and impartiality; 6. Law and reason: beyond impartiality; I. Legislation; II. Legal interpretation; III. The non-legal adjudicator and the judge; 7. Law and impartiality: conclusion; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book argues that at the core of legal philosophys principal debates there is essentially one issue judicial impartiality. Keeping this issue to the forefront, Raban's approach sheds much light on many difficult and seemingly perplexing jurisprudential debates. Modern Legal Theory and Judicial Impartiality offers a fresh and penetrating examination of two of the most celebrated modern legal theorists: HLA Hart and Ronald Dworkin. The book explains the relations between these two scholars and other theorists and schools of thought (including Max Weber, Lon Fuller, and the |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modern legal theory and judicial impartiality |
| ISBN: | 1-281-32598-8 |
| 1-283-60443-4 | |
| 9786611325985 | |
| 9786613916884 | |
| 1-135-31131-5 | |
| 1-84314-578-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784715603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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