UID:
almahu_9949191848002882
Format:
1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:
9780190084516 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
The Berkeley Tanner lectures
Content:
In this text, based on her 2017 Berkeley Tanner Lectures, the author offers an original, deontological account of democracy, law, and their interrelation. Her central thesis is that democracy and democratic law have intrinsically valuable, interconnected communicative functions. Democracy and democratic law together allow us to fulfill our fundamental duties to convey to each another messages of equal respect by fashioning the sorts of public joint commitments to act that a sincere message of equal respect requires. Law and democracy are essential to each other: the aspirations of democracy cannot be realized except through a legal system, and, conversely, law can fulfill its primary function only in a democratic context. After defending these theses, she explores two doctrinal examples to illustrate how a communicative conception of democratic law would yield concrete implications.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190084486
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
