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Genre/Form: | BOOK |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeremy Waldron |
ISBN: | 0198262132 9780198262138 0199243034 9780199243037 |
OCLC Number: | 40567345 |
Notes: | New Zealand author. Reprinted 2004. |
Description: | ix, 332 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | A jurisprudence of legislation. Legislatures in legal philosophy ; Legislation by assembly ; Text and polyphony ; Legislation, authority, and voting ; Legislators' intentions and unintentional legislation -- Disagreement in principle. Rawls's Political liberalism ; The irrelevance of moral objectivity ; The circumstances of integrity -- Rights and judicial review. Between rights and bills of rights ; Participation : the right of rights ; Disagreement and precommitment ; The constitutional conception of democracy. |
Responsibility: | Jeremy Waldron. |
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Abstract:
This collection of essays explores the issue of disagreement and its relevance for or against relativistically pluralistic theses about the character of morality and law. This volume draws together of a number of respected and influential essays, together with new and revised essays.
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... shrewd observations about the place of majority voting. * The Philosophical Review, Oct 2002 * Waldron is making an influential contribution to legal philosophy ... Walsron is an eloquent advocate for democratic processes and the protection of autonomy. * Robert John Araujo, S. J., International Philosophical Quarterly December 2000 * Read more...

