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Theory of Legal Science

Proceedings of the Conference on Legal Theory and Philosopy of Science Lund, Sweden, December 11–14, 1983

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Aleksander Peczenik

    1. Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden

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  2. Lars Lindahl

    1. Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden

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  3. Bert Van Roermund

    1. Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (54 papers)

  1. Objectivity and Rationality of Legal Justification

    1. Paradigms of Justifying Legal Decisions

      • Jerzy Wróblewski
      Pages 253-273

    2. Monism, Pluralism, Relativism, and Right Answers in the Law

      • Sheldon L. Leader
      Pages 275-294

    3. Discovery and Justification in Science and Law

      • Martin P. Golding
      Pages 295-305

    4. Reasons and Causes in Connection with Judicial Decisions

      • Gunnar Bergholtz
      Pages 307-314

  2. Technical Rationality in the Law

    1. Synopsis

      • Aleksander Peczenik
      Pages 315-318

    2. Legal Rationality among Different Types of Rationality

      • Marek Zirk-Sadowski
      Pages 319-333

    3. Paradigms of Legal Research Empirical Science and Legal Dogmatics

      • Aart Hendrik de Wild
      Pages 335-344

    4. Goal Reasons in Common Law Cases — are They Predictive?

      • Robert S. Summers
      Pages 345-355

    5. Teleological Construction of Statutes

      • Per Olof Ekelöf
      Pages 357-362

    6. Reason, Law and History

      • Enrico Pattaro
      Pages 363-372

    7. The Rule of Law in Legal Reasoning

      • Mats Mattsson
      Pages 373-382

  3. Some Special Topics Concerning Rationality and Legitimacy in the Law

    1. Synopsis

      • Aleksander Peczenik
      Pages 383-384

    2. An Ubiquitous Paralogism in Legal Thinking

      • Alejo de Cervera
      Pages 385-399

    3. Power of Tolerance — On the Legitimacy of a Legal System

      • Mats Flodin
      Pages 401-411

    4. Sir Edward Coke’s Legal Conservatism

      • Roland Schött
      Pages 413-424

    5. Popper’s Criterion of Refutability in the Legal Context

      • Yemina Ben-Menahem, Hanina Ben-Menahem
      Pages 425-435

  4. Criticism and Developments in Particular Areas of the Law: Property, Contracts, and Torts

    1. Synopsis

      • Lars Lindahl
      Pages 437-439

    2. Theory Choice and Contract Law

      • Marsha P. Hanen
      Pages 441-454

    3. Trends in Legal Science Relating to Contracts and Torts

      • Jan Hellner
      Pages 455-468

    4. The Economics of Trade Laws

      • Göran Skogh
      Pages 469-482
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden

    Aleksander Peczenik, Lars Lindahl

  • Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

    Bert Van Roermund

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theory of Legal Science

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Conference on Legal Theory and Philosopy of Science Lund, Sweden, December 11–14, 1983

  • Editors: Aleksander Peczenik, Lars Lindahl, Bert Van Roermund

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6481-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1834-1Published: 30 September 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6483-9Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6481-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 666

  • Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science, Ethics

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