Dit boek is een inleiding in de rechtsfilosofie, gericht op actuele problemen. Het biedt geen kant en klare oplossingen, maar prikkelt tot nadenken. Voor iedereen die hart heeft voor de toekomst van democratie en rechtsstaat.
This book examines the nature of evidence for character judgments, using a model of abductive reasoning called Inference To The Best Explanation. The book expands this notion based on recent work with models of reasoning using argumentation theory and artificial intelligence. Meer
XIV Seen as a whole, however, I regard the work before us to be especially noteworthy precisely because of its illumination of both the social contexts surrounding the law and the ideas which underlie the efforts towards criminal law reform. Meer
During the last half of the twentieth century, legal philosophy (or legal theory or jurisprudence) has grown significantly. It is no longer the domain of a few isolated scholars in law and philosophy. Meer
This volume offers a collection of articles by leading legal and political theorists. Originally intended as a celebration of MacCormick’s work on the occasion of the completion of the four-volume series on Law, State and Practical Reason, it has turned into a homage and salute after MacCormick’s passing. Meer
The concept of religious freedom is the favoured modern human rights concept, with which the modern world hopes to tackle the phenomenon of religious pluralism, as our modern existence in an electronically shrinking globe comes to be increasingly characterised by this phenomenon. Meer
Constitutionalism is the permanent quest to control state power, of which the judicial review of legislation is a prime example. Although the judicial review of legislation is increasingly common in modern societies, it is not a finished project. Meer
The legal regime of outer space, as enshrined in the Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (General Assembly Resolution 1962 (XVIII), adopted in 1963, and in the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, while prohibiting the appropriation of space by any means, envisages exploration for the bene? Meer
The papers collected in this volume grow out of a series of discussions on the concept of “The Rule of Law” held at meetings of the European AmericanConsortiumforLegalEducationinWarsaw(2008),theAmerican SocietyforLegalHistoryinTempe,Arizona(2007),andtheAssociationof AmericanLawSchoolsinSanDiego,California(2009). Meer
As compared to nineteenth-century practice and doctrine, political asylum has undergone considerable change. It is no longer a peripheral issue, of im portance only to the political combatant persevering abroad in the fight against the rulers of his horne country. Meer
Am 16. Oktober 1957 konnte ich in dieser Arbeitsgemeinschaft einen Vortrag über "Die geistigen Grundlagen des Allgemeinen Landrechts für die l Preußischen Staaten von 1794" halten • Damals war die Ausgabe der Vorträge des eigentlichen Verfassers des ALR von 1794, des Geheimen Ober-Justiz und Tribunalrates earl Gott/ieb Svarez (1746-1798), noch in der Vorberei tung. Meer
Aus dem von Professor Dolf Sternherger im Institut für Politi sche Wissensmaft an der Universität Heidelberg geleiteten For schungsseminar über Parlamentarisme Regierungsweise sind ne ben Arbeiten über das Regierungssystem der Bundesrepublik auch mehrere historisme Studien hervorgegangen; so haben Peter Molt den »Reimstag vor der improvisierten Revolution« und Udo Bermbam in seiner Arbeit über den Interfraktionellen Aus smuß von 1917/18 »Vorformen parlamentarismer Kabinetts bildung in Deutschland« untersumt. Meer
Authors Costa and Zolo share the conviction that a proper understanding of the rule of law today requires reference to a global problematic horizon. This book offers some relevant guides for orienting the reader through a political and legal debate where the rule of law (and the doctrine of human rights) is a concept both controversial and significant at the national and international levels. Meer
This book examines the distinction between principles and rules so that they can be better understood and applied. It structures the distinction between principles and rules on different foundations than those jurisprudence ordinarily employs. Meer
The volume describes and analyzes how the costs of litigation in civil procedure are distributed in key countries around the world. It compares the various approaches, draws general conclusions from that comparison, and presents global trends as well as common problems and solutions. Meer