Télécharger le livre :  Realms of Legal Interpretation
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Legal norms may forbid, require, or authorize a particular form of behavior. The law of contracts, for example, informs people how to enter into agreements that will bind both sides, and from this we establish legal requirements on how they should behave. In public law,...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2018-07-06

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Télécharger le livre :  From the Bottom Up
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Kent Greenawalt's From the Bottom Up constitutes a collection of articles and essays written over the last five decades of his career. They cover a wide range of topics, many of which address ties between political and moral philosophy and what the law does and should...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2016-05-02

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Télécharger le livre :  Interpreting the Constitution
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This third volume about legal interpretation focuses on the interpretation of a constitution, most specifically that of the United States of America. In what may be unique, it combines a generalized account of various claims and possibilities with an examination of...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2015-11-04

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Télécharger le livre :  Statutory and Common Law Interpretation
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As Kent Greenwalt's second volume on aspects of legal interpretation, this book analyzes statutory and common law interpretation and compares the two. In respect to statutory interpretation, it first asks whether judges are "faithful agents" of the legislature or...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2012-11-12

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Télécharger le livre :  Legal Interpretation
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In Legal Interpretation, Kent Greenawalt focuses on the complex and multi-faceted topic of textual interpretation of the law. All law needs to be interpreted, and there are many ways to do it. But what sorts of questions must one seek to answer in interpreting law and...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2010-11-24

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Télécharger le livre :  Private Consciences and Public Reasons
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Within democratic societies, a deep division exists over the nature of community and the grounds for political life. Should the political order be neutral between competing conceptions of the good life or should it be based on some such conception? This book addresses...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1995-08-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Law and Objectivity
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In modern times the idea of the objectivity of law has been undermined by skepticism about legal institutions, disbelief in ideals of unbiased evaluation, and a conviction that language is indeterminate. Greenawalt here considers the validity of such skepticism,...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1995-06-29

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Télécharger le livre :  Speech, Crime, and the Uses of Language
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In this book Greenawalt explores the three-way relationship between the idea of freedom of speech, the law of crimes, and the many uses of language. He begins by considering free speech as a political principle, and after a thorough and incisive analysis of the...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1992-09-17

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Télécharger le livre :  Conflicts of Law and Morality
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Powerful emotion and pursuit of self-interest have many times led people to break the law with the belief that they are doing so with sound moral reasons. This study, a comprehensive philosophical and legal analysis of the gray area in which the foundations of law and...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1989-05-04

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Télécharger le livre :  Religious Convictions and Political Choice
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How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when they make and defend political decisions? For example, are ordinary citizens or legislators doing something wrong when they consciously allow their decisions respecting abortion laws to be determined by...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1987-12-10

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