This book aims to identify the formal-logical structure of argument in the adjudication of civil rights and liberties. Its theoretical framework also incorporates important case studies from the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.
Author(s): Eric Heinze
Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 353
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Cases and sources......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
Agents......Page 22
Rights and restrictions......Page 24
Overview of agents......Page 42
Parties......Page 45
Quantification and reverse translation......Page 64
The individual actor......Page 71
The personal actor......Page 78
The non-personal actor......Page 88
Society......Page 102
Theorems and proofs......Page 112
Implication and implicature......Page 122
Harm......Page 128
Two harm axioms......Page 130
Causation......Page 142
The basic harm symbols......Page 155
Causation markers......Page 168
Right-based harm......Page 174
Restriction-based harm......Page 187
Consent......Page 194
The concept of consent......Page 196
Harm and consent......Page 207
Volition......Page 217
Forms of argument......Page 226
Breach......Page 228
The Urtheorie......Page 234
Individualism and collectivism......Page 238
The background theories......Page 244
Volitional liberalism......Page 246
Non-consensual liberalism......Page 253
Paternalism......Page 260
Democracy......Page 265
Conclusion: a roomful of scholars......Page 272
Axioms and background theories......Page 276
Symbols and formulas......Page 281
Reverse translation rules......Page 286
European Convention on Human Rights (excerpts)......Page 288
Answers to exercises......Page 293
Glossary......Page 319
Notes......Page 324
Bibliography......Page 339
Index......Page 343
