Martin P Golding

Legal Reasoning, Legal Theory and Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a selection of articles and chapters published over Martin Golding's academic career. Golding's approach to the philosophy of law is that it contains conceptual and normative issues and in this volume logical issues in legal reasoning are examined, and various theories of law are critically discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138383531
• ISBN-10: 1138383538
• Artikelnr.: 57047476

Autorenporträt

Martin P. Golding is Professor of Philosophy and Law at Duke University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
My philosophy of law
Part 1 Legal Reasoning: Principled decision-making and the Supreme Court
A note on discovery and justification in science and law
The logical force of arguments by analogy in common law reasoning
Aesthetics and legal reasoning: a strand in American legal thought
Preliminaries to the study of procedural justice
Substantive interpretation and common law elaboration
The legal analog of the principle of bivalence. Part 2 Legal Theories
Jurisprudence and legal philosophy in 20th century America - major themes and developments
Kelsen and the concept of 'legal system'
Holmes's jurisprudence: aspects of its development and continuity
Retroactive legislation and restoration of the rule of law
The cultural defense
Responsibility
Faux pas. Part 3 Rights: Towards a theory of human rights
Obligations to future generations
The significance of rights language
The primacy of welfare rights
Rights, performatives, and promises in Karl Olivecrona's legal theory
Name index.