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Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law

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  • A new and personal analysis of the role of ontology in legal reasoning
  • New interpretation is given to the much discussed theory of (legal) institutions
  • Introduces the modern theory of legal reasoning of the Nordic countries

Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 96)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. On The Doctrinal Study Of Law

    1. The Procedure of Legal Reasoning

      • Aulis Aarnio
      Pages 131-146
    2. The Sources of Law

      • Aulis Aarnio
      Pages 147-163
    3. One Right Answer?

      • Aulis Aarnio
      Pages 165-175
    4. On the Systematisation

      • Aulis Aarnio
      Pages 177-184
    5. Change or Development?

      • Aulis Aarnio
      Pages 185-199
  2. Back Matter

    Pages 201-222

About this book

Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law is a summary of the author’s 40 years of research in the fields of civil law and the philosophy of law. The main focus is on the two main tasks in the doctrinal study of law: the interpretation and systematisation of legal norms. In this regard, Professor Aarnio deals with the theory of argumentation as well as with its foundations - i.e., with the ontology, epistemology and methodology of legal thinking - and develops the ideas that were first presented in The Rational as Reasonable (Kluwer 1987) in all of these dimensions. The work includes an updated discussion on the writings of Robert Alexy, Jûrgen Habermas, Ronald Dworkin and Alf Ross. A focal point of view concerns the distinction between positivism and non-positivism, in which the core of the criticism focuses on Scandinavian realism.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Tampere Club, University of Tampere, Kangasala, Finland

    Aulis Aarnio

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