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Alexy’s non-positivist theory represented an effort to address the rationality of law without resorting to metaphysical conceptions of law. Drawing…
Wish Professor Robert Alexy R.I.P.
The works of Professor Alexy will continue to inform and shape legal discourse for a long time. Rest In Peace.
It is so sad. His lectures were just like his major work (A Theory of Constitutional Rights) — simply different…
I would note that there are a lot of structural reasons why senior staff might produce less research than people…
There is a slippery inference from the premise that we have struggled to converge on important philosophical truths to the…
I can corroborate Jason’s remarks about the UW System’s implementation of post-tenure review. In part because I was a participant…
…I have been occupied having a good time, philosophically and socially, with the folks at Western Illinois University today and yesterday.
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