Aristotle and The Philosophy of Law: Theory, Practice and Justice

Aristotle and The Philosophy of Law: Theory, Practice and Justice edited by Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer, Nuno M.M.S. Coelho.

The book presents a new focus on the legal philosophical texts of Aristotle, which offers a much richer frame for the understanding of practical thought, legal reasoning and political experience. It allows understanding how human beings interact in a complex world, and how extensive the complexity i...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Huppes-Cluysenaer, Liesbeth (Editor), Coelho, Nuno M.M.S (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Law—Philosophy.
Law.
Political science.
Philology.
History.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Virtue Jurisprudence: Towards an Aretaic Theory of Law; Lawrence B. Solum.- 2. Reasoning against a deterministic/mechanistic conception of the world; Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer.- 3. Law and the rule of law and its place relative to politeia in Ariostotle’s Politics; Clifford Angell Bates
  • 4.The Best Form of Government and Civic Friendship in Aristotle’s Political Thought; Ki-Won Hong
  • 5. Controversy and practical reason in Aristotle; Nuno M.M.S. Coelho
  • 6. Aristotelian ethics and Aristotelian rhetoric; Marcel Becker
  • 7. Is There Any Theory of Value in Aristotle’s Ethics?; António de Castro Caeiro
  • 8. Intellectual Excellences of the Judge; Tommi Ralli
  • 9. Justice kata nomos and justice as epieikeia (legality and equity); Samuli Hurri
  • 10. Legality and Equity in the Rhetoric: The Smooth Transition; Miklós Könczöl
  • 11. Legal rules and Epieikeia in Aristotle: Post-Positivism rediscovered; Jesús Vega
  • 12. Legal Vices and Civic Virtues; Ekow N. Yankah
  • 13. A neo-Aristotelian notion of reciprocity: about civic friendship and (the troublesome character of) right judicial decisions; Iris van Domselaar
  • 14. Synallagma as a paradigm of exchange: reciprocity of contract in Aristotle and Game Theory; Mariusz Jerzy Golecki
  • 15. The General Principle of Proportionality and Aristotle; Eric Engle
  • About the Authors.

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