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Author Heinze, Eric

Title The logic of liberal rights : a study in the formal analysis of legal discourse / Eric Heinze
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 342 pages)
Series Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; 14
Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; 14.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Cases and sources; Introduction; Agents; Rights and restrictions; Overview of agents; Parties; Quantification and reverse translation; The individual actor; The personal actor; The non-personal actor; Society; Theorems and proofs; Implication and implicature; Harm; Two harm axioms; Causation; The basic harm symbols; Causation markers; Right-based harm; Restriction-based harm; Consent; The concept of consent; Harm and consent; Volition; Forms of argument; Breach; The Urtheorie; Individualism and collectivism; The background theories
Summary This book integrates themes in legal theory, political science and moral philosophy, as well as the philosophy of logic and language, including free speech, religious freedom, privacy, torture, unlawful detention and private property
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-331) and index
Notes English
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Subject Law -- Methodology.
Natural law.
Human rights.
Ethics
Human Rights
LAW -- Natural Law.
Human rights
Law -- Methodology
Natural law
Natuurrecht.
Mensenrechten.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203380802
0203380800
9786610023011
6610023018
9780415300568
0415300568
1280023015
9781280023019
1134419821
9781134419821