In order to be able to say what the reasonableness of law is, one has to know what “reasonableness” in general means. The concept of reasonableness addresses theoretical questions, that is, questions concerning what is the case, as well as practical questions, that is, questions concerning both what ought to be done and what is good. The issue of the reasonableness of law primarily concerns practical reasonableness.
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Alexy, R. (2009). The Reasonableness of the Law. In: Bongiovanni, G., Sartor, G., Valentini, C. (eds) Reasonableness and Law. Law and Philosophy Library, vol 86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8500-0_1
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