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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…
…to North Carolina! The "PhD in philosophy" is singled out for derisive remarks by these know-nothings, appraently unaware that UNC has one of the best philosophy programs in the United States. (The irony is William Bennett has a PhD in philosophy, though it didn't do him any good!)
UPDATE: IHE has coverage too.
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