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Natural Law Bibliography 1990-2010, Mario Šilar
A Lockean Defense Of The Political Question Doctrine's Application In War Powers Cases, Matthew Jordan Cochran
A Lockean Defense Of The Political Question Doctrine's Application In War Powers Cases, Matthew Jordan Cochran
Matthew Jordan Cochran
This article provides a social contract explanation of and justification for the political question doctrine's application in war powers disputes. Natural legal principles demonstrate that even if the doctrine stands on unsure footing in some respects, it properly renders non-justiciable any supposed conflict between Congress and the President. As a detailed look into John Locke's work reveals, the intervening of a judiciary power into war decisions robs a government of the touchstone of its legitimacy.
The Irreduceable Moral Nature Of Human Action, Mario Šilar, José María Torralba
The Irreduceable Moral Nature Of Human Action, Mario Šilar, José María Torralba
Mario Šilar
No abstract provided.
Political Liberalism And Public Reason, Mario Šilar
Political Liberalism And Public Reason, Mario Šilar
Mario Šilar
The paper explores John Rawls´s idea of public reason, as reflected in Political Liberalism and The Idea of Public Reason Revisited. In Rawls’s later works, public reason acquires fundamental significance as a criterion by which the principles to be assumed from the outset in a theory of political justice may be determined. The starting-point for Rawls´s theory -the idea of citizens as free and equal reveals- that this abstraction falls short of an authentic conception of human beings as social by nature. A brief study of key issues concerning marriage and the family shows the difficulties that underlie this question. …
The Practical Value Of Natural Law Theory In The Work Of St Thomas Aquinas, Mario Šilar
The Practical Value Of Natural Law Theory In The Work Of St Thomas Aquinas, Mario Šilar
Mario Šilar
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