Arguing Fundamental Rights
Arguing Fundamental Rights explores the path-breaking Theory of Constitutional Rights of Robert Alexy. The critical analysis of the structural elements of Alexy’s theory is combined with an assessment of its applied relevance, with special attention being
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Law and Philosophy Library VOLUME 77
Managing Editors FRANCISCO J. LAPORTA, Department of Law, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
ALEKSANDER PECZENIK†, Department of Law, University of Lund, Sweden FREDERICK SCHAUER, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Former Managing Editors AULIS AARNIO, MICHAEL D. BAYLES†, CONRAD D. JOHNSON†, ALAN MABE Editorial Advisory Board AULIS AARNIO, Research Institute for Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland ´ ZENON BANKOWSKI, Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh PAOLO COMANDUCCI, University of Genoa, Italy ERNESTO GARZÓN VALDÉS, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz JOHN KLEINIG, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York NEIL MacCORMICK, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium WOJCIECH SADURSKI, European University Institute, Department of Law, Florence, Italy ROBERT S. SUMMERS, School of Law, Cornell University CARL WELLMAN, Department of Philosophy, Washington University
ARGUING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Edited by AGUSTÍN JOSÉ MENÉNDEZ University of León, Spain and University of Oslo, Norway
ERIK ODDVAR ERIKSEN University of Oslo, Norway
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10: 1-4020-4918-8 (HB) ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-4918-7 (HB) ISBN-10: 1-4020-4919-4 (e-book) ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-4919-6 (e-book)
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors
vii
Introduction Agustín José Menéndez and Erik Oddvar Eriksen
1
I. A Theory of Constitutional Rights Revisited 1. Discourse Theory and Fundamental Rights Robert Alexy
15
II. Structural Perspectives 2. Fundamental Rights Principles: Disciplining the Instrumentalism of Policies Kaarlo Tuori
33
3. Nine Critiques to Alexy’s Theory of Fundamental Rights Massimo La Torre
53
4. Democratic or Jurist-Made Law? Erik Oddvar Eriksen
69
5. On Alexy’s Weight Formula Carlos Bernal Pulido
101
III. Substantive Issues 6. Who’s Afraid of the Total Constitution? Mattias Kumm
v
113
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IV. Applied Perspectives 7. Fundamental Rights in the UK Human Rights Act Julian Rivers
141
8. Some Elements of a Theory of European Fundamental Rights Agustín José Menéndez
155
V. Bibliography of Robert Alexy 9. The Work of Robert Alexy
187
Table of Cases
203
Bibliography
207
Name Index
215
Subject Index
217
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Robert Alexy is Profe
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