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The Embodiment of Law and Law of the Body. The Body as Law Phenomenon

Philosophy of law and general theory of law
The article is devoted to the reasoning of the body as a legal phenomenon. After all, although the body is ontologically the closest thing to us, from the legal point of view it is one of the most mysterious legal phenomena.
O. Stovba
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Philosophy of Law and the Theory of Speech Acts*

Ratio Juris, 1988
Abstract. The object of this paper is to throw light on the reciprocal exchanges between legal philosophy and the theory of speech acts (as developed by Austin and Searle). The first part concerns the contributions to legal philosophy made by the theory of speech acts with a view to developing new perspectives.
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WAR – THE DISENCHANTMENT OF LAW

Philosophy of law and general theory of law
. War is a persistent theme of philosophical reflection. This paper reconstructs some philosophies of war, including the competing visions of Kant and Hegel.
Matthias Mahlmann
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Comments on Coherence Theory in the Philosophy of Law

SSRN Electronic Journal, 1994
Coherentism, in philosophy generally, is of either an epistemological or a metaphysical type. The epistemological type responds to worries about foundationalism that have no serious counterpart within the philosophy of law. The metaphysical type is implausible generally, but has been put to use within the philosophy of law - by Ronald Dworkin in ...
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The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

2004
Notes on Contributors. Introduction: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part I: Contending Schools of Thought:. 1. Legal Positivism: Brian H. Bix (University of Minnesota). 2. Natural Law Theory: Mark C. Murphy (Georgetown University. 3. American Legal Realism: Brian Leiter (University of Texas at Austin). 4.
Martin P. Golding, William A. Edmundson
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Dworkin and His Critics: The Relevance of Ethical Theory in Philosophy of Law [PDF]

Ratio Juris, 1990
Abstract. Two deficiencies characterize the vast critical literature that has accumulated around Dworkin's theory of law. On the one hand, the main lines of the debate tend to get lost in the crossfire of objections by critics and rejoinders by Dworkin — with little dialogue between the critics, or any systematic interrelation or resolution of these ...
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Legal Philosophy as a Developmental Theory of Law

2003
Contemplating the whole history of legal philosophy — from the classical theory of natural law to its further development in mediaeval Christianity to the law of reason of modern times — one should expect to find at the end of this longer than 2000 years period of time, the ‘victory’ of practical reason reflected in the sound existence of fundamental ...
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The Significance of the Philosophy of the Law Idea for the Theory of Human Society

Philosophia Reformata, 2022
Abstract Translation of “De beteekenis van de wijsbegeerte der wetsidee voor de theorie der menschelijke samenleving” by Herman Dooyeweerd (1937), Philosophia Reformata 2 (2), pp. 99–116.
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CAUSALITY, CAUSAL LAWS AND SCIENTIFIC THEORY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF KANT

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1965
All alterations take place in conformity with the law of connection of cause and effect. (AI89=B232)1 It may be worth while to recall Kant's definition of a causal relation, or 'the concept of cause '. (Reference to the chapter on 'Schematism ' (AI44=BI83) shows that this is actually the definition of the schematised concept, the category being the ...
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Informed consent in Texas: theory and practice.

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2010
The legal basis of informed consent in Texas may on first examination suggest an unqualified affirmation of persons as the source of authority over themselves.
Mark J. Cherry, H. Tristram Engelhardt
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