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Reasons for Action and the Law

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Cristina Redondo

    1. National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina

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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 43)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Presentation

    1. Presentation

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 1-10

  3. Reasons for Action: Conceptual Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Reasons for Action — First Part

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 13-42

    3. Reasons for Action — Second Part

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 43-64

    4. Practical Arguments. Reasons as Premises

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 65-94

  4. Reasons for Action in Legal Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Norms and Reasons for Action

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 97-121

    3. The Acceptance of Norms and Reasons for Action

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 123-146

    4. Legal Justification and Reasons for Action

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 147-173

    5. Final Remarks

      • Cristina Redondo
      Pages 175-179

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 181-192
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About this book

A focus on reasons for action and practical reason is the perspective chosen by many contemporary legal philosophers for the analysis of some central questions of their discipline. This book offers a critical evaluation of that approach, by carefully examining the empirical, logical and normative problems hidden behind the concepts of `reason for action' and `practical reasoning'. Unlike most other works in this field, it is a meta-theoretical study which analyses and compares how different theories use the notion of reason in their reconstruction of problems concerning issues such as normativity, the acceptance of norms, or the justification of judicial decisions. This book is directed primarily to scholars specializing in legal theory and concerned with the contribution practical philosophy can make to it, but it also contains important arguments and insights for all those interested in the controversy between legal positivists and their critics, in the theory of human action or in reason-based practical theories in general.

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina

    Cristina Redondo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reasons for Action and the Law

  • Authors: Cristina Redondo

  • Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9141-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5912-8Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5301-5Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9141-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4395

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 192

  • Topics: Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Ontology, Ethics, Logic

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