The rule of law : a philosophical investigation of law and liberty
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation assesses justifications of the political ideal of the rule of law in virtue of its contribution to individual liberty. The main arguments supporting these justifications are investigated and shown to be effective only with respect to a narrow conception of liberty. A different conception of individual liberty is then developed, which, it is argued, plays an important role in many social contexts, particularly those involving personal relations, and with respect to which the rule of law is often sub-optimal. The aim of this work is to provide an argument based on the value of individual liberty for non-legalistic means of social organization and regulation.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Sharon, Assaf |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Philosophy |
| Primary advisor | Cohen, Joshua |
| Thesis advisor | Cohen, Joshua |
| Thesis advisor | Hussain, Nadeem J. Z |
| Thesis advisor | Satz, Debra |
| Advisor | Hussain, Nadeem J. Z |
| Advisor | Satz, Debra |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Assaf Sharon. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Philosophy. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Assaf Sharon
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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