Reasonableness and Law

by Bongiovanni, Giorgio; Sartor, Giovanni; Valentini, Chiara

• ISBN13: 9781402084997
• ISBN10: 1402084994
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-04
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Reasonableness is at the centre of legal debate, both in academic circles and in practice. This unique reference work examines the issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, merging jurisprudence, legal theory, political philosophy and the different branches of law. All aspects relating to reasonableness and law are addressed by the most prominent scholars in the field. In the first volume, the focus is on the legal theory behind the concept of reasonableness and its moral and political implications. This includes important contributions by Robert Alexy, Neil MacCormick and Philip Pettit. In the second volume, reasonableness is examined in the different fields of law like Public, Private and International Law. Here in more detail the practical consequences of reasonableness is assessed, making this work of interest to practioners as well as legal theorists.

Table of Contents

Vol I: Reasonableness and Law: Legal and Constitutional Theory.1. The Reasonableness of the Law: Robert Alexy, Neil MacCormick, Giovanni Sartor, Alberto Artosi. 2. The Moral and Political Dimension of Reasonableness: Sebastiano Maffettone, Giorgio Bongiovanni and Chiara Valentini, Philip Pettit, Wojciech Sadurski, Christine Chwaszcza, Luca Baccelli. 3. Reasonableness in Constitutional Adjudication: Alec Stone-Sweet, Andrea Morrone, Iddo Porat, Neil Walker, Gianluigi Palombella. Vol. 2: Reasonableness and Law: Private, Public and International Law. 1. Reasonableness in Private Law: Fabrizio Cafaggi, Chiara Alvisi, Hans Micklitz. 2. Reasonableness in Administrative and Public law: John Bell, Giacinto Della Cananea, Michal Bobek, Alessandro Lolli. 3. Reasonableness in Biolaw: John Harris, Carla Faralli, Amedeo Santosuosso, Stefano Canestrari, Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez. 3. Reasonableness in EU and International Law: Adelina Adinolfi, Lucia Serena Rossi, Francesco Francioni, Ullrich Petersmann, Pierre-Marie Dupuy. 4. Conclusions: One or Many Ways of Being Legally Reasonable?: Robert Alexy