Practical Reason and Legislation

Ratio Juris 5 (3):269-287 (1992)
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The author's starting point is Bobbio's theoretical approach to the problems of the relations between law and reason. He then appraises the meanings of reason and the concept of theoretical and practical rationality in the application of law. He examines the complex problem of the rationality of legislation and distinguishes five levels of rationality

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10.1111/j.1467-9337.1992.tb00129.x

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