Law, pragmatism, and democracy /

A liberal state is a representative democracy constrained by the rule of law. Richard Posner argues for a conception of the liberal state based on pragmatic theories of government. He views the actions of elected officials as guided by interests rather than by reason and the decisions of judges by d...

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Autor principal: Posner, Richard A.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Materias:
Justice, Administration of > United States.
Rule of law > United States.
Democracy.
Pragmatism.
Justicia > Administración > Estados Unidos.
Estado de derecho > Estados Unidos.
Democracia.
Pragmatismo.
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Biblioteca Max von Buch (UdeSA) de Universidad de San Andrés
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pragmatism : philosophical versus everyday
  • Legal pragmatism
  • John Dewey on democracy and law
  • Two concepts of democracy
  • Democracy defended
  • The concepts applied
  • Kelsen versus Hayek : pragmatism, economics, and democracy
  • Legality and necessity
  • Pragmatic adjudication : the case of Bush v. Gore
  • Purposes versus consequences in First Amendment analysis.

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