Discourse Theory and Human Rights

Ratio Juris 9 (3):209-235 (1996)
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The author's thesis is that human rights can be substantiated on the basis of discourse theory. The argument has two steps. The first step is the justification of the rules of discourse. The second step consists in the foundation of human rights.

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