Autonomy and Law

Name: Autonomy and Law
Brand: Springer International
SKU: 9783031965777
Price: 1462.00 HKD
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Author: Jan-R. Sieckmann
ISBN: 9783031965777

By Jan-R. Sieckmann

Springer International September 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9783031965777
Publisher: Springer International
Publication: September 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book defends the idea of autonomy as the balancing of normative arguments, which captures the essential feature of autonomous judgement as being simultaneously free and normatively bound. However, this approach runs counter to the dominant view of arguments as propositions, and to Kantian notions of autonomy. Here, it is applied to three core dimensions of law: law as legal system, as legal practice, and as normative judgement, leading to specific views of legal validity, legal interpretation, and the necessary content of law in the form of human rights principles. Lastly, the autonomous reasoning perspective is applied to conflicts of law with morality and with competing legal systems.