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The first-ever multivolume treatment of the issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, from both a theoretical and a historical perspective. The work is aimed at jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers. Edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team, this book is a classical reference work that would be of great interest to legal and practical philosophers as well as to jurists and legal scholar at all levels. The work is divided in two parts. The theoretical part (published in 2005), consisting of five volumes, covers the main topics of the contemporary...

This book presents the current state of the art regarding the application of logical tools to the problems of theory and practice of lawmaking. It shows how contemporary logic may be useful in the analysis of legislation, legislative drafting and legal reasoning concerning different contexts of law making.

Elaborations of the process of law making have variously emphasised its political, social or economic aspects. Yet despite strong interest in logical analyses of law, questions remains about the role of logical tools in law making. This volume attempts to bridge that gap, or at...

This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching. Each volume is edited by leading international authorities who explain the significance and context of articles in an informative and complete introduction.

Jan Bela Hermann lotet die verfassungsrechtlichen Grenzen der Relativitat der (Rechts)begriffe im materiellen Strafrecht aus. Dabei steht das Gesetzlichkeitsprinzip des Art. 103 Abs. 2 GG im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit. Im Anschluss an Ausfuhrungen zu den mageblichen sprach- und rechtstheoretischen sowie verfassungsrechtlichen Grundlagen gelangt der Autor zu abstrakten Thesen, um im zweiten Teil der Arbeit konkrete Beispiele strafrechtlicher Begriffsrelativitat in Form von bedeutungsdivergierenden Verwendungen und Auslegungen "zeichenkettenidentischer Begriffe" auf ihre...