Abstract
WhyLawMatters examines various legal and political institutions and procedures and argues that the desirability of these institutions and procedures is not contingent and does not hinge (only) on the prospects that these institutions are conducive to the realization of valuable ends. Instead, various legal institutions and legal procedures that are often perceived as contingent means to facilitate the realization of valuable ends matter assuch.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 847-859 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Criminal Law and Philosophy |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Keywords
- Constitutional theory
- Criminal law
- Emergencies
- Judicial review
- Privatization
- Public officials
- Punishment