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Consent in the law /

In a community that takes rights seriously, consent features pervasively in both moral and legal discourse as a justifying reason: stated simply, where there is consent, there can be no complaint. However, without a clear appreciation of the nature of a consent-based justification, its integrity, bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beyleveld, Deryck
Otros Autores: Brownsword, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart, 2007.
Colección:Legal theory today.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Consent in the law: a preliminary examination
  • A Gewirthian approach to consent in the law
  • The principle of generic consistency: its justification and application
  • The functions of consent in the law
  • Consent in the law I: questions of adequacy
  • Subjects of consent: questions of capacity and competence
  • The conditions of (valid) consent I: unforced and informed choice
  • The conditions of consent II: duress, undue influence, and disclosure
  • Questions of signalling and scope, withdrawal, and refusal
  • Consent in the law II: questions of necessity and sufficiency
  • The necessity, sufficiency, and relevance of consent I: private wrong and private empowerment
  • The necessity, sufficiency, and relevance of consent II: public wrong
  • Consent as the basis of legal (political) authority and obligation
  • Consent and the stability and authority of law
  • Consent as procedural justification: concluding remarks.