A matter of dispute : morality, democracy, and law /

"This work canvasses fundamental problems within the diverse disciplines of legal philosophy, democratic theory, philosophy of adjudication and public-law theory and suggests a unified approach to unraveling them. It also addresses practical questions of law and government in a way that should...

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Main Author: Peters, Christopher J
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2011
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245 1 2 |a A matter of dispute :  |b morality, democracy, and law /  |c Christopher J. Peters 
260 |a Oxford ;  |a New York, N.Y. :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c c2011 
300 |a xvi, 360 p. ;  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Introduction : A government of laws -- The problem of law's authority -- A simple model of dispute resolution -- Disputes, legal rules, and democracy -- Democratic adjudication -- The forms and limits of democratic adjudication -- Law vs. democracy? -- Constitutional process 
520 |a "This work canvasses fundamental problems within the diverse disciplines of legal philosophy, democratic theory, philosophy of adjudication and public-law theory and suggests a unified approach to unraveling them. It also addresses practical questions of law and government in a way that should appeal to anyone interested in the often troubled relationship among morality, democracy, and the rule of law."--Book jacket 
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650 0 |a Law  |x Moral and ethical aspects 
650 0 |a Dispute resolution (Law)  |x Moral and ethical aspects 
650 0 |a Democracy 
650 0 |a Constitutional law  |x Moral and ethical aspects 
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