On the Nature of Legal Principles: Proceedings of the Special Workshop the Principles Theory Held at the 23rd World Congress of the International ... Und Sozialphilosophie - Beihefte (Arsp-b)) - Tapa blanda

The principles theory, introduced by Ronald Dworkin and developed further by Robert Alexy, is at the centre of various debates in legal philosophy and legal theory. In the controversy over the concept of law, the argument from principles is advanced on behalf of a necessary connection between law and morality. In legal argumentation, the balancing of principles increasingly complements the classical methods of law application.

The enquiry into weighing and balancing principles has led to important insights into the principle of proportionality, which for its part has proven to be of great importance in constitutional law, European law, and various other branches of law. This ARSP supplement brings together a number of contributions that address central aspects of the principles theory.

1997 Promotion und 2004 Habilitation in Kiel, venia legendi fur die Facher "Offentliches Recht, Europarecht und Rechtsphilosophie," 2005-2006 Feodor Lynen-Forschungsstipendium der Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung fur ein Forschungsprojekt zu den Grundlagen der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit an der Washington University in St. Louis, MO (USA), 2006-2007 Senior Lecturer/Reader and der Westminster University in London, seit 2007 Senior Lecturer an der Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. Seit 2008 Vizeprasident der Britischen Sektion der Internationalen Vereinigung fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Grundrechtstheorie und -dogmatik, Recht und Religion, Rechtsphilosophie und Rechtstheorie