Conclusion: Law, Order and Freedom
- Cees Maris,
- Frans Jacobs
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Abstract
Chapter 10 summarises the historical developments of the preceding chapters in light of the central problems of legal philosophy as elaborated on in Chapter 1. It proceeds to discuss whether political liberalism, which has found its most impressive articulation in the theory of justice of John Rawls, provides an adequate answer to these problems. Political liberalism limits itself to articulating the conditions for the peaceful and fair co-operation of persons with conflicting worldviews. It is exclusively a practical theory of the political domain, not a metaphysical doctrine of the nature of man. The chapter concludes that, although there certainly is no such thing as a liberal End of History, for the time being political liberalism emerges from historical experience as providing law with the most reasonable balance of legal order and freedom available.
- Locke, John (2003) Two treatises of government and a letter concerning toleration. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
- Title
- Conclusion: Law, Order and Freedom
- Book Title
- Law, Order and Freedom
- Book Subtitle
- A Historical Introduction to Legal Philosophy
- Pages
- pp 353-378
- Copyright
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-1457-1_10
- Print ISBN
- 978-94-007-1456-4
- Online ISBN
- 978-94-007-1457-1
- Series Title
- Law and Philosophy Library
- Series Volume
- 94
- Series ISSN
- 1572-4395
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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C.W. Maris
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F.C.L.M. Jacobs
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C.W. Maris
- Editor Affiliations
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- 4. , Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam
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- Authors
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Cees Maris
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Frans Jacobs
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Cees Maris
- Author Affiliations
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- 6. Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 7. Faculty of the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 15, 1012 CP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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