Aristotle and The Philosophy of Law: Theory, Practice and Justice

The book presents a new focus on the legal philosophical texts of Aristotle, which offers a much richer frame for the understanding of practical thought, legal reasoning and political experience. It allows understanding how human beings interact in a complex world, and how extensive the complexity i...

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Other Authors: Huppes-Cluysenaer, Liesbeth (Editor), Coelho, Nuno M.M.S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Virtue Jurisprudence: Towards an Aretaic Theory of Law; Lawrence B. Solum.- 2. Reasoning against a deterministic/mechanistic conception of the world; Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer.- 3. Law and the rule of law and its place relative to politeia in Ariostotle’s Politics; Clifford Angell Bates
  • 4.The Best Form of Government and Civic Friendship in Aristotle’s Political Thought; Ki-Won Hong
  • 5. Controversy and practical reason in Aristotle; Nuno M.M.S. Coelho
  • 6. Aristotelian ethics and Aristotelian rhetoric; Marcel Becker
  • 7. Is There Any Theory of Value in Aristotle’s Ethics?; António de Castro Caeiro
  • 8. Intellectual Excellences of the Judge; Tommi Ralli
  • 9. Justice kata nomos and justice as epieikeia (legality and equity); Samuli Hurri
  • 10. Legality and Equity in the Rhetoric: The Smooth Transition; Miklós Könczöl
  • 11. Legal rules and Epieikeia in Aristotle: Post-Positivism rediscovered; Jesús Vega
  • 12. Legal Vices and Civic Virtues; Ekow N. Yankah
  • 13. A neo-Aristotelian notion of reciprocity: about civic friendship and (the troublesome character of) right judicial decisions; Iris van Domselaar
  • 14. Synallagma as a paradigm of exchange: reciprocity of contract in Aristotle and Game Theory; Mariusz Jerzy Golecki
  • 15. The General Principle of Proportionality and Aristotle; Eric Engle
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