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Selected Works

2015

Democracy

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Are Jurisprudential Debates Conceptual?: Some Lessons From Democratic Theory, Dan Priel Oct 2015

Are Jurisprudential Debates Conceptual?: Some Lessons From Democratic Theory, Dan Priel

Dan Priel

The dominant view among legal philosophers is that jurisprudential debates about the nature of law are conceptual. In this article I challenge this view. I do so by comparing these debates to debates about the justification of democracy and showing that the arguments found in both are often very similar. I demonstrate that in both domains, there are arguments on one side that explain an institution (either law or democracy) in terms of its ability to help people lead a better life, and there are arguments on the other side that highlight the value of these institutions in promoting political …


Estructuras De Apoyo Y Justicia Dialógica. Vías Para La Reconciliación Entre Constitucionalismo Y Democracia, Juan Luis Hernández Macías Dec 2014

Estructuras De Apoyo Y Justicia Dialógica. Vías Para La Reconciliación Entre Constitucionalismo Y Democracia, Juan Luis Hernández Macías

Juan Luis Hernández Macías

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