"A selection of papers presented in an earlier version at the 6th Benelux-Scandinavian Symposium on Legal Theory, held in Rovaniemi (Lapland) on 8-10 June 2011"--Preface Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Legal science challenged by cultural paradigms : "subjective objectivity" in legal scholarship / Mustapha El Karouni. Can legal theory be objective? / Jaap Hage -- The impossibility of an outsider's perspective / Pauline C. Westerman -- Objective legal reasoning : objectivity without objects / Matti Ilmari Niemi -- Legal certainty as an element of objectivity in law / Juha Raitio -- Objective rules of argumentation / Bertjan Wolthuis -- Easy cases and objective interpretation / Niko Soininen -- Can inalienable rights provide an objective foundation for law and morality? / Maija Aalto-Heinilä -- Objectivity and the law's assumptions about human behaviour / Péter Cserne -- Kaleidoscopic cultural views and legal theory : dethroning the objectivity? / Jaakko Husa -- Translators and legal comparatists as objective mediators between cultures? / Caroline Laske -- Legal science challenged by cultural paradigms : "subjective objectivity" in legal scholarship / Mustapha El Karouni.
Series:
European Academy of Legal Theory monograph series ; v.10
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