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Aristotle and The Philosophy of Law: Theory, Practice and Justice

  • Provides a new focus on the legal philosophical research of Aristotle in the light of Globalization
  • Brings together experts on Aristotle and lawyers, political scientists, philosophers and historians in a unique collaboration
  • The collection is the result of an international cooperation spanning 4 years?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Reasoning Against a Deterministic Conception of the World

    • Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer
    Pages 33-58
  3. Controversy and Practical Reason in Aristotle

    • Nuno M. M. S. Coelho
    Pages 87-108
  4. Aristotelian Ethics and Aristotelian Rhetoric

    • Marcel Becker
    Pages 109-122
  5. Is There Any Theory of Value in Aristotle’s Ethics?

    • António de Castro Caeiro
    Pages 123-133
  6. Intellectual Excellences of the Judge

    • Tommi Ralli
    Pages 135-147

About this book

The book presents a new focus on the legal philosophical texts of Aristotle, which offers a much richer frame for the understanding of practical thought, legal reasoning and political experience. It allows understanding how human beings interact in a complex world, and how extensive the complexity is which results from humans’ own power of self-construction and autonomy. The Aristotelian approach recognizes the limits of rationality and the inevitable and constitutive contingency in Law. All this offers a helpful instrument to understand the changes globalisation imposes to legal experience today.

The contributions in this collection do not merely pay attention to private virtues, but focus primarily on public virtues. They deal with the fact that law is dependent on political power and that a person can never be sure about the facts of a case or about the right way to act. They explore the assumption that a detailed knowledge of Aristotle's epistemology is necessary, because of the direct connection between Enlightened reasoning and legal positivism. They pay attention to the concept of proportionality, which can be seen as a precondition to discuss liberalism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of General Jurisprudence, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer

  • , Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Nuno M.M.S. Coelho

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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