On law and reason / Aleksander Peczenik.
A This is an outline of a coherence theory of law. Its basic ideas are: reasonable support and weighing of reasons. All the rest is commentary.a (TM) These words at the beginning of the preface of this book perfectly indicate what On Law and Reason is about. It is a theory about the nature of the la...
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| Other title: | Rätten och förnuftet. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Swedish |
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[New York] :
Springer,
©2008.
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| Series: | Law and philosophy library ;
v. 8. |
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| Summary: | A This is an outline of a coherence theory of law. Its basic ideas are: reasonable support and weighing of reasons. All the rest is commentary.a (TM) These words at the beginning of the preface of this book perfectly indicate what On Law and Reason is about. It is a theory about the nature of the law which emphasises the role of reason in the law and which refuses to limit the role of reason to the application of deductive logic. In 1989, when the first edition of On Law and Reason appeared, this book was ground breaking for several reasons. It provided a rationalistic theory of the law in the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 364 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-440) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781402083815 1402083815 9781402087301 1402087306 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |