Wintgens, Luc.

Legisprudence : practical reason in legislation / Luc J. Wintgens. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2012. - 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Applied legal philosophy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-330) and index.

The metaphysics of legalism -- The individual in context -- Rationality in context -- Freedom in context -- Strong legalism or the absent theory of legislation -- Legitimacy and legitimation : from strong legalism to legisprudence -- From proxy to trading off : the principles of legisprudence -- Legisprudence and the duties of power : a legisprudential assessment of rational legislation.

9781409419815 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781409419822 (ebk.)

2011049787


Legislation.
Law--Philosophy.

K284 / .W56 2012

340.1