Legal Reasoning and Legal TheoryThis study focuses on current jurisprudential debate between the "positivist" views of Herbert Hart and the "rights thesis" of Ronald Dworkin. MacCormick provides a critical analysis of the Dworkin position while also modifying Hart's. It stands firmly on its own as a contribution to an extensive literature. |
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Deductive Justification | 19 |
Deductive JustificationPresuppositions | 53 |
The Constraint of Formal Justice | 73 |
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