Public Reason and Courts

Public Reason and Courts

Author: Silje A. Langvatn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-06-04

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1108487351

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A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.


The Cambridge Rawls Lexicon

The Cambridge Rawls Lexicon

Author: Jon Mandle

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-12-11

Total Pages: 1112

ISBN-13: 1316193985

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John Rawls is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has permanently shaped the nature and terms of moral and political philosophy, deploying a robust and specialized vocabulary that reaches beyond philosophy to political science, economics, sociology, and law. This volume is a complete and accessible guide to Rawls' vocabulary, with over 200 alphabetical encyclopaedic entries written by the world's leading Rawls scholars. From 'basic structure' to 'burdened society', from 'Sidgwick' to 'strains of commitment', and from 'Nash point' to 'natural duties', the volume covers the entirety of Rawls' central ideas and terminology, with illuminating detail and careful cross-referencing. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars of Rawls, as well as for other readers in political philosophy, ethics, political science, sociology, international relations and law.


Public Reason and Courts

Public Reason and Courts

Author: Silje A. Langvatn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-06-04

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1108801404

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Public Reason and Courts is an interdisciplinary study of public reason and courts with contributions from leading scholars in legal theory, political philosophy and political science. The book's chapters demonstrate the breadth of ways in which public reason and public justification is currently seen as relevant for adjudicative reasoning and review practices, and includes critical assessments of different ways that the idea of public reason has been applied to courts. It shows that public reason is not just an abstract theoretical concept used by political philosophers, but an idea that spurs new perspectives and normative frameworks also for legal scholars and judges. In particular, the book demonstrates the potential, and the limitations, of the idea of public reason as a source of legitimacy for courts, in a context where many courts face political backlashes and crisis of trust.


Private Consciences and Public Reasons

Private Consciences and Public Reasons

Author: Kent Greenawalt

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0195094190

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This book addresses problems such as: what bases should officials and citizens employ in reaching political decisions and justifying their positions? Should they feel free to rely on whatever grounds seem otherwise persuasive to them, like religious convictions, or should they restrict themselves to "public reasons."


Populism, Popular Sovereignty, and Public Reason

Populism, Popular Sovereignty, and Public Reason

Author: Péter Cserne

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Published: 2021-08-31

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9783631840832

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The present volume provides a variety of perspectives on democratic decay and the erosion of the rule of law, on the re-emergence of popular sovereignty as a political category, and on public reason in an age of 'post-truthism', focusing on the CEE region and South Eastern Europe.


Democracy and Equality

Democracy and Equality

Author: Geoffrey R. Stone

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 019093820X

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) -- Mapp v. Ohio (1961) -- Engel v. Vitale (1962) -- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) -- New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) -- Reynolds v. Sims (1964) -- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) -- Miranda v. Arizona (1966) -- Loving v. Virginia (1967) -- Katz v. United States (1967) -- Shapiro v. Thompson (1968) -- Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969).


Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.


Legitimacy and International Courts

Legitimacy and International Courts

Author: Nienke Grossman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1108540228

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One of the most noted developments in international law over the past twenty years is the proliferation of international courts and tribunals. They decide who has the right to exploit natural resources, define the scope of human rights, delimit international boundaries and determine when the use of force is prohibited. As the number and influence of international courts grow, so too do challenges to their legitimacy. This volume provides new interdisciplinary insights into international courts' legitimacy: what drives and undermines the legitimacy of these bodies? How do drivers change depending on the court concerned? What is the link between legitimacy, democracy, effectiveness and justice? Top international experts analyse legitimacy for specific international courts, as well as the links between legitimacy and cross-cutting themes. Failure to understand and respond to legitimacy concerns can endanger both the courts and the law they interpret and apply.


Democracy Without Shortcuts

Democracy Without Shortcuts

Author: Cristina Lafont

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0198848188

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This book defends the value of democratic participation. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it.


Religious Convictions and Political Choice

Religious Convictions and Political Choice

Author: Kent Greenawalt

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0195067797

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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 their religious views? Despite its intense contemporary relevance, the full dimensions of this issue have until now not been thoroughly examined. Religious Convictions and Political Choice represents the first attempt to fill this gap. Beginning with an account of the basic premises of our liberal democracy, Greenawalt moves to a comparison between rational secular grounds of decision and grounds based on religious convictions. He discusses particular issues such as animal rights and abortion, showing how religious convictions can bear on an individual's decisions about them, and inquires whether reliance on such convictions is compatible with liberal democratic premises. In conclusion, he argues that citizens cannot be expected to rely exclusively on rational, secular grounds.