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Agency, Morality and Law

By: Joshua Jowitt

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How does law possess the normative force it requires to direct our actions? This book argues that this seemingly innocuous question is of central importance to the philosophy of law and, by extension, of the very concept of law itself. It advances a position grounded in the secular natural law tradition, and in doing so addresses the two success criteria for this position head on: Firstly, that commitment to the existence of a supreme moral principle is required; Secondly, that any supreme moral principle must be identifiable through human reason. The book argues that these conditions are met by Alan Gewirth's Principle of Generic Consistency (PGC), which – through a dialectically necessary argument – locates the existence of universally applicable moral norms in the concept of agency. Given the very purpose of law is to guide action, legal norms must be located in a unified hierarchy of practical reason. It follows that, if law is to succeed in claiming to be capable of guiding our action, moral permissibility with reference to the PGC is a necessary condition of a rule's legal validity. This strong theory of natural law is defended throughout, both against moral sceptics and positions within contemporary legal positivism.

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1509947701

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The Annual Monitor for 1877, or, Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1876

By: Joseph Joshua Green

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The Annual Monitor for 1877, or, Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1876

By: Joseph Joshua Green

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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338552444X

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9783385524446

Communism's Shadow

Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes

By: Grigore Pop-Eleches,Joshua A. Tucker

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Communism's Shadow

Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes

By: Grigore Pop-Eleches,Joshua A. Tucker

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on the institutional legacy of communism. Communism's Shadow instead turns the focus to the individuals who inhabit post-communist countries, presenting a rigorous assessment of the legacy of communism on political attitudes. Post-communist citizens hold political, economic, and social opinions that consistently differ from individuals in other countries. Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua Tucker introduce two distinct frameworks to explain these differences, the first of which focuses on the effects of living in a post-communist country, and the second on living through communism. Drawing on large-scale research encompassing post-communist states and other countries around the globe, the authors demonstrate that living through communism has a clear, consistent influence on why citizens in post-communist countries are, on average, less supportive of democracy and markets and more supportive of state-provided social welfare. The longer citizens have lived through communism, especially as adults, the greater their support for beliefs associated with communist ideology—the one exception being opinions regarding gender equality. A thorough and nuanced examination of communist legacies' lasting influence on public opinion, Communism's Shadow highlights the ways in which political beliefs can outlast institutional regimes.

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Princeton University Press

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0691175594

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9780691175591

Enemies of the People?

How Judges Shape Society

By: Rozenberg, Joshua

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Enemies of the People?

How Judges Shape Society

By: Rozenberg, Joshua

Do judges use the power of the state for the good of the nation? Or do they create new laws in line with their personal views? When newspapers reported a court ruling on Brexit, senior judges were shocked to see themselves condemned as enemies of the people. But that did not stop them ruling that an order made by the Queen on the advice of her prime minister was just ‘a blank piece of paper’. Joshua Rozenberg, Britain’s best-known commentator on the law, asks how judges can maintain public confidence while making hard choices.

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Bristol University Press

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152920450X

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Agency, Morality and Law

By: Joshua Jowitt

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Agency, Morality and Law

Agency, Morality and Law

The Annual Monitor for 1877, or, Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1876

The Annual Monitor for 1877, or, Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1876

Communism's Shadow

Communism's Shadow

Enemies of the People?

Enemies of the People?

Agency, Morality and Law

Agency, Morality and Law

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