Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy - Hardcover

9780199582068: Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199582068 ISBN 13: 9780199582068

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

This volume gathers leading figures from legal philosophy and constitutional theory to offer a critical examination of the work of Robert Alexy. The contributions explore the issues surrounding the complex relations between rights, law, and morality and reflect on Alexy's distinctive work on these issues.

The focus across the contributions is on Alexy's main pre-occupations - his anti-positivist views on the nature of law, his approach to the nature of legal reasoning, and his understanding of constitutional rights as legal principles. In an extended response to the contributions in the volume, Alexy develops his views on these central issues.

The volume's juxtaposition of Anglo-American and German perspectives brings into focus the differences as well as the prospect of cross-fertilization between Continental and Anglo-American work in jurisprudence.

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About the Author:

Matthias Klatt is Professor for Public Law, EU Law, Public International Law and Jurisprudence at the University of Hamburg.

Review:

Institutionalized Reason deserves a close reading by anyone interested in legal theory and Constitutional Rights. * Sas Ansari, Transnational Legal Theory * Institutionalized Reason deserves high praise and thoughtful study. * John Adenitire, Jurisprudence *

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