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Law, truth, and reason

a treatise on legal argumentation

Raimo Siltala

Résumé

This book is an innovative contribution to analytical jurisprudence.  It is mainly based on the distinct premises of linguistic philosophy and Carnapian semantics, but also addresses the issues of institutional philosophy, social pragmatism, and legal principles as envisioned by Dworkin, among others. Wróblewski´s three ideologies (bound/free/legal and rational) and Makkonen´s three situations (isomorphic/semantically vague/normative gap) of judicial decision-making are further developed by means of 10 frames of legal analysis as discerned by the author. With the philosophical theories of truth serving as a reference, the frames of legal analysis include the isomorphic theory of law (Wittgenstein, Makkonen), the coherence theory of law (Alexy, Peczenik, Dworkin), the new rhetoric and legal argumentation theory (Perelman, Aarnio), social consequentialism (Posner), natural law theory (Fuller, Finnis), and the sequential model of legal reasoning by Neil MacCormick and the Bielefelder Kreis.  At the end, some key issues of legal metaphysics are addressed, like the notion of legal systematics and the future potential of the analytical approach in jurisprudence.

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An isomorphic theory of law

a relation of structural similarity between the two fact-constellations compared

Raimo Siltala

pp.29-51

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_2
Coherence theory of law

shared congruence among arguments drawn from the institutional and societal sources of law

Raimo Siltala

pp.53-78

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_3
Philosophical pragmatism

law, judged in light of its social effects

Raimo Siltala

pp.97-112

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_5
Analytical legal positivism

retracing the original intentions of the legislator under legal exegesis

Raimo Siltala

pp.113-143

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_6
Legal realism

the law in action, not the law in books, as the subject matter of legal analysis

Raimo Siltala

pp.145-163

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_7
Legal conventionalism

law as an expression of collective intentionality

Raimo Siltala

pp.165-186

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_8
Natural law philosophy

law as subordinate to social justice and political morality in society

Raimo Siltala

pp.201-224

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_10
Radical decisionism

social justice on a strictly contextualist basis

Raimo Siltala

pp.225-237

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1872-2_11

Détails de la publication

Maison d'édition: Springer

Lieu de publication: Dordrecht

Année: 2011

Pages: 290

Collection: Law and Philosophy Library


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ISBN (hardback): 978-94-007-1871-5

ISBN (digital): 978-94-007-1872-2

Citation complète:

Siltala Raimo, 2011, Law, truth, and reason: a treatise on legal argumentation. Dordrecht, Springer.