Judges and adjudication in constitutional democracies : a view from legal realism
- Full Title:
- Judges and adjudication in constitutional democracies : a view from legal realism
- Other Author:
- Chiassoni, Pierluigi.
Spaić, Bojan. - Statement of Responsibility:
- edited by Pierluigi Chiassoni and Bojan Spaić
- Series:
- Law and philosophy library
- Series Volume:
- 135
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- VIII, 199 p.
- Summary:
- The book offers contributions to a philosophical and realistic approach to the place of adjudication in contemporary constitutional democracies. Bringing together scholars from different legal...
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Summary:
The book offers contributions to a philosophical and realistic approach to the place of adjudication in contemporary constitutional democracies. Bringing together scholars from different legal and philosophical backgrounds, the book purports to cast light on the role(s) of judges and the function of judicial interpretation inside of constitutional states, from the standpoint of legal realism as a revisited and sophisticated jurisprudential outlook. In so doing, the book also copes with a few major jurisprudential issues, like, e.g., determining the ideas that make up the core of legal realism, exploring the relation between legal realism and legal positivism, identifying the boundaries of judicial interpretation as they appear from a realist standpoint, as well as considering some skeptical outlooks on the very claims of contemporary legal realism. - Contents:
- • Introduction • The Roles of Judges in Democracies: A Realistic View • Is Realism at Odds with Constitutional Democracy? • On the (Un)Changing Judge...
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Contents:
• Introduction • The Roles of Judges in Democracies: A Realistic View • Is Realism at Odds with Constitutional Democracy? • On the (Un)Changing Judge Icons and Their Creators: On Deborah, Coke and Montesquieu, Posner and Barak, and Some Others • An Exercise in Legal Realism • A Causal View of Judicial Interpretation • Rule(s) of Recognition and Canons of Interpretation • Legal Realism and Legal Doctrine • Epistemic Authority and Legal Interpretation - Publisher & Date:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2021.
- Date of Publication:
- 2021
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Classification:
- C 281.6
- ISBN:
- 9783030581855 (hbk)
9783030581862 (ebook)
In the Library
| Call Number | Location | Availability | Description | Loan Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C 281.6 Chi 2021 | General collection | On Shelf | - | For regular loan |
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C 281.6 Chi 2021
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