The Alexy-Poscher Debate on Legal Principles
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5099-8061-1 (ISBN)
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The debate represents the German development of an enduring jurisprudential controversy over the concept and adjudicatory role of legal principles, classically addressed by HLA Hart and Ronald Dworkin. Alexy’s principles theory, which has initially defined ‘legal principles’ as optimisation requirements, currently argues that they express an ‘ideal ought’. Poscher’s critique challenges the soundness of Alexy’s principles theory by questioning its ontological and epistemological commitments.
As legal principles are directly related to constitutional rights, the Alexy-Poscher debate has significant implications for constitutional adjudication. For instance, canons of constitutional interpretation and construction—especially proportionality and balancing tests—and the limits to judicial powers hinge on these two opposing views. Yet despite the centrality and pervasiveness of this topic, German contributions to the theoretical and practical impact of legal principles remain generally overlooked by English-speaking scholars.
Concluded with David Duarte’s critical and meticulous assessment of the debate, this collection bridges that important scholarly gap. Whether or not conversant in the debate on legal principles, legal researchers and advanced law students with interdisciplinary interests in jurisprudence and constitutional law will find in this book a timely and distinctive introduction to leading developments in German legal thinking.
Robert Alexy is Professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Kiel University, Germany. Ralf Poscher is Director of the Department of Public Law at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law, Germany. Rafael Giorgio Dalla-Barba is Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law, Germany.
Introduction: A Brief Overview of the Alexy-Poscher Debate, Rafael Giorgio Dalla-Barba (Max Planck Society, Germany)
First Round
1. On the Structure of Legal Principles, Robert Alexy (Kiel University, Germany)
2. Insights, Errors, and Self-Misconceptions of the Theory of Principles, Ralf Poscher (Max Planck Society, Germany)
Second Round
3. Ideal ‘Ought’, Robert Alexy (Kiel University, Germany)
4. Theory of a Phantom: The Principles Theory’s Futile Quest for its Object, Ralf Poscher (Max Planck Society, Germany)
Third Round
5. Ideal ‘Ought’ and Optimisation, Robert Alexy (Kiel University, Germany)
6. Resuscitation of a Phantom? On Robert Alexy’s Latest Attempt to Save his Concept of Principle, Ralf Poscher (Max Planck Society, Germany)
Conclusion: The Alexy-Poscher Debate: Working on the Problems and on the Solutions, David Duarte (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5099-8061-X / 150998061X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5099-8061-1 / 9781509980611 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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