Alon Harel

Why Law Matters

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why Law Matters argues that public institutions and legal procedures are valuable and matter as such, irrespective of their instrumental value. Examining the value of rights, public institutions, and constitutional review, the book criticises instrumentalist approaches in political theory, claiming they fail to account for their enduring appeal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199643271
• ISBN-10: 019964327X
• Artikelnr.: 39742869

Autorenporträt

Professor Alon Harel is a Mizock Professor of law and member of the Centre for Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a co-editor of Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, a member of the editorial board of Criminal Law and Philosophy and a member of the editorial board of New Criminal Law Review. He writes on legal and political philosophy, criminal law theory, constitutional law theory, law and economics and human rights.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* Part I Why Rights Matter
* 2: Why Rights Matter: The Interdependence of Rights and Values
* PART II Why the State Matters: Dignity, Agency and the State
* 3: The Case Against Privatisation
* 4: Necessity Knows No Law
* PART III Why Constitutions Matter: The Case for Robust
Constitutionalism
* 5: Why Constitutional Rights Matter: The Case for Binding
Constitutionalism
* 6: The Real Case For Judicial Review
* 7: Conclusion