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Constitutional limits and the public sphere : a critical study of Bentham's contitutionalism /

The central intuition that guides the argument of this book is that both the technical and reductionist methodology associated with utilitarianism do not do justice to the theory which identifies the maximisation of pleasure as the most fundamental self-interest of man.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ben-Dor, Oren
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Notes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Sovereignty and the Nature of the Normativity of Law; Chapter 3 The Relativity and Plurality of Sovereignty; Chapter 4 The Role of the People in determining Constitutional Limits I A Democratic Reading of A Fragment On Government; Chapter 5 The Role of the People in determining Constitutional Limits II Mature Constitutional Theory; Chapter 6 The Public Opinion Tribunal--an Analysis of Consensus Formation and the Evolution of Communities.
  • Chapter 7 The Dynamic Connection between Ethics and PoliticsChapter 8 Contemporary Attempts to Bridge the Gap between Ethics and Politics; Bibliography; Index.