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)
 
 Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
 
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 All Rights Reserved © 2006 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.
 
 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
 
 vi
 
 CONTENTS
 
 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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