The Making of Constitutional Democracy : Creation and application of law : a neglected distinction / / Paolo Sandro |
Autore | Sandro paolo |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : HART Publishing, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 pages) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Collana | Law and Practical Reason |
Soggetto topico | Jurisprudence & philosophy of law |
ISBN |
1-5099-0524-3
1-5099-0521-9 1-5099-0523-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Aims and structure of the work -- 1. Law, Power, and Political Authority. On the Scope and Limitations of the Work -- I. Introduction -- II. Brief Methodological Remarks -- III. The Province of the problem Determined: What is Law? -- IV. Politics, Political Power, Political Authority -- V. From Powers to Power. The Familiar Tale of the Ineluctability of the State -- VI. The Conditions of Existence of Political Authority: insights from the theory of normative orders -- 2. The Dependence of Constitutional Democracy on the Distinction between Creation and Application of Law -- I. Introduction -- II. The Contested Relationship between Law and Politics -- III. Law as lex and as ius: the duality that makes constitutionalism possible -- IV. From constitutions to constitutionalism: narrowing the focus of constitutional theory -- V. The (proverbial) tension between democracy and constitutionalism -- VI. Modern constitutionalism as 'legal otherness' -- VII. The two-fold justificatory dependence of constitutional democracy on the idea of application of law -- 3. A Critical Evaluation of Moderate Legal Realism -- I. Introduction -- II. Realism vs formalism -- III. Let us be realist about adjudication. What do judges eat for breakfast? -- IV. Realism and realisms in law: meta-theory -- V. The lowest common denominator of legal realism -- VI. The two axes of rule-scepticism -- VII. The unbearable lightness of moderate scepticism -- VIII. On the normativity of law, and on the digestion of judges -- 4. Towards a Unified Account of Discretion in Law -- I. Introduction -- II. HLA Hart and the concept of discretion. Back to the future? -- III. Dworkin and the (normative) no-strong-discretion thesis -- IV. Discretion as a pervasive feature of Kelsen's Stufenbaulehre.
V. Discretion as balancing in Klatt (and Alexy) -- VI. The history of discretion in the administrative domain -- VII. Administrative discretion in Germany -- VIII. Discretion in the French-Italian administrative tradition -- IX. The concept of discretion in English administrative law -- X. Towards a unified account of discretion in law -- XI. Conclusion -- 5. Law and Language and as Language. An Alternative Picture of a Multifaceted Relationship -- I. Introduction -- II. The communicative model of law. A two-way affair? -- III. Beyond 'what is said'. Speech-act theory and the rise of pragmatics in legal interpretation -- IV. First objection: law as language, law and language(s) -- V. Second objection: speech-act vs text-act theory -- VI. Legal texts as 'autonomous' text-acts -- VII. An alternative theory of legal meaning: semantic minimalism -- VIII. Prolegomena to a theory of legal interpretation -- IX. Conclusion -- 6. Creation and Application of Law. An Analytical Distinction -- I. Introduction -- II. The two extremes: rejecting vs assuming the distinction -- III. Kelsen on the relativity of the distinction between creation and application of law -- IV. Creation of law: of the typicality of legal rules -- V. The principle of legality as a (semantic) meta-norm on law-creation and law-application -- VI. Unpacking the idea of 'application of law' -- VII. The potential asymmetry between norm-following and norm-application -- VIII. On the (different) normativity of power-conferring norms -- IX. Can only officials apply the law? -- X. Form and substance. Towards an analytical account of law-application -- XI. Conclusion -- XII. PS One final objection: interpretation, interpretation, interpretation! -- 7. The Separation of Powers. A Meta-theoretical Reassessment -- I. Introduction -- II. Genealogical issues. When was the separation of powers 'invented'?. III. A twofold meta-theoretical ambiguity plaguing the discussion -- IV. The justificatory debate. Monism vs pluralism -- V. Critical approaches -- VI. The separation of powers as a formal theory and as a normative doctrine. On the advantages of maintaining a strict distinction -- VII. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910735575803321 |
Sandro paolo | ||
[Place of publication not identified], : HART Publishing, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Sharia Processes : women's experiences of family disputes / / Farrah Ahmed and Ghena Krayem |
Autore | Ahmed Farrah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : HART Publishing, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
Disciplina | 346.015 |
Soggetto topico |
Islamic law - Non-Islamic countries
Women (Islamic law) - Non-Islamic countries Domestic relations (Islamic law) - Non-Islamic countries |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Understanding sharia processes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597890803321 |
Ahmed Farrah | ||
[Place of publication not identified] : , : HART Publishing, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uniform rules for European contract law? : a critical assessment / / edited by Francisco de Elizalde |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [UK] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : HART Publishing, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
Disciplina | 346.402/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Commercial law - European Union countries
Contracts - European Union countries Contracts Obligations (Law) - European Union countries |
ISBN |
1-5099-1631-8
1-5099-1629-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The first stage of modern European contract law -- Francisco de Elizalde -- The role for European contract law : uniformity or diversity? -- Hugh Beale -- Ius commune and contract law -- Bart Wauters -- Optimal standards for the single market : a law and economics approach -- Juan Jos Ganuza and Fernando Gómez Pomar -- Non-national rules in the arbitration of commercial contracts -- Zeynep Derya Tarman -- The modernisation of the law of obligations using the principles of European contract law -- Encarna Roca Trías -- Uniform rules as guidelines for national courts and legislatures : the German experience -- Thomas Ackermann -- National reforms : new instruments towards converging rules within Europe? : The example of the French contract law reform -- Benedicte Fauvarque-Cosson -- The rise of EU consumer law between common law and civil law legal traditions -- Geraint Howells and Mateja Durovic -- Bridging the gap : the CISG as a successful legal hybrid between common law and civil law? -- Andre Janssen and Navin G. Ahuja -- The sources and effects of contractual terms : towards an approximation of common law and civil law -- Francisco de Elizalde -- European contract law and Asian contract law -- Mateja Durovic -- The two spirits of the Placl -- Iñigo de la Maza Gazmuri -- The effects of European harmonisation on Turkish contract law -- Ilk anay -- An American perspective on the European harmonisation of contract law -- Larry A. Dimatteo, contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511473703321 |
Oxford [UK] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : HART Publishing, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uniform rules for European contract law? : a critical assessment / / edited by Francisco de Elizalde |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [UK] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : HART Publishing, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
Disciplina | 346.402/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Commercial law - European Union countries
Contracts - European Union countries Contracts Obligations (Law) - European Union countries |
ISBN |
1-5099-1631-8
1-5099-1629-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The first stage of modern European contract law -- Francisco de Elizalde -- The role for European contract law : uniformity or diversity? -- Hugh Beale -- Ius commune and contract law -- Bart Wauters -- Optimal standards for the single market : a law and economics approach -- Juan Jos Ganuza and Fernando Gómez Pomar -- Non-national rules in the arbitration of commercial contracts -- Zeynep Derya Tarman -- The modernisation of the law of obligations using the principles of European contract law -- Encarna Roca Trías -- Uniform rules as guidelines for national courts and legislatures : the German experience -- Thomas Ackermann -- National reforms : new instruments towards converging rules within Europe? : The example of the French contract law reform -- Benedicte Fauvarque-Cosson -- The rise of EU consumer law between common law and civil law legal traditions -- Geraint Howells and Mateja Durovic -- Bridging the gap : the CISG as a successful legal hybrid between common law and civil law? -- Andre Janssen and Navin G. Ahuja -- The sources and effects of contractual terms : towards an approximation of common law and civil law -- Francisco de Elizalde -- European contract law and Asian contract law -- Mateja Durovic -- The two spirits of the Placl -- Iñigo de la Maza Gazmuri -- The effects of European harmonisation on Turkish contract law -- Ilk anay -- An American perspective on the European harmonisation of contract law -- Larry A. Dimatteo, contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796807603321 |
Oxford [UK] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : HART Publishing, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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