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A

Acceptability, 75, 100, 125-130, 134-136, 143, 146, 149,170-175

Acceptance, 16, 38, 49, 59, 86, 94, 98, 100, 128-130, 134, 136, 143, 158, 163, 170-172

Adjudication, 15, 19-22, 57, 83-84, 87, 92, 117, 122, 133, 147, 149, 159-161, 181, 193

All things considered, 45, 51, 56, 59-63, 92, 123, 126-128, 132, 158, 169-170

Anomaly, 197

Argument

contra, 30, 113, 148, 159

pro, 139, 146, 148

strong linkage arguments, 109 use of arguments, 54, 57, 139, 145, 150, 163

weak linkage argument, 109

Argumentation theory, 81, 103-104, 130, 135, 149

Audience

partial, 103

universal, 102-103

B

Begriffsjurisprudenz, 6, 17, 165

C

Certainty, 27-30, 38-40, 61, 75, 101, 103-104, 163,170-171

legal, 20-22, 27, 118, 130, 163, 170, 174-175

Change

Kuhnian model, 185-191

notion, 182, 186 standard view, 45-47, 185, 189 Coherence

criteria, 143, 145, 169

cultural, 136

legal, 42, 127, 144-146 normative, 145

Common law, 3-4, 144 Communicative rationality, 20, 101, 144 Community

legal, 12, 22, 37, 43, 93, 96, 122, 128-130,

134-136, 146, 149, 168, 170-174, 180 scientific, 22, 73-74, 186, 190-192 Consequential inference, 161-162 Control, 21, 31, 48, 74, 78, 133 Controllability, 28, 75, 78-79, 104, 133 Corpus iuris civilis, 5, 17, 188 Correctness

claim for correctness, 57

normative, 142

D

Democracy, 21-22, 118, 139, 152, 159, 171,

175

Development, 3-4, 9, 11, 32, 51, 98-99, 102, 112, 117-118, 135, 139, 147, 160, 173, 185-199

Discourse

legal, 100-101, 127, 130, 133, 138,

142-144, 149-150, 193

procedural, 133 Discursive method, 29 Doctrinal study of law (DSL), 3, 5-6, 9-11,

13-17, 19-24, 53, 78-79, 81-84,

86-95, 101, 104,117-199 DSL, see Doctrinal study of law (DSL) Dual nature of law, 55, 57

E

Epistemology, 52 Exemplars, 12, 188, 191-192, 197-198 Experience, 34, 36-37, 40, 45, 76, 78, 84-85,

87, 89, 129, 135, 143, 197

External point of view epistemic, 90 organisational, 20, 90

F

Family resemblance, 24, 34-35, 38, 40, 61, 63, 120,171-172

Feelings, 36-37, 54, 84, 140

Following rules, 32-33

Freedom, see Liberty

H

Hercules J., 61, 102, 166-170, 174 Hermeneutics

AlfRoss,94, 104, 196 circle, 30, 146

Humes' guillotine, 54, 56, 63, 87

I

Ideology judicial, 86-87, 89-94, 159 normative, 86-87, 89, 91-93

Incommensurability, 189-190

Induction, 98, 111, 122, 141, 163

Inference

deductive, 99, 101, 150, 183 inductive, 28-29

Institutional fact, 48-50, 144

Institutional legal theory, 48-50

Institutional support, 49, 57, 87, 127, 130, 134, 162-163, 193

Institutions, 3-4, 24, 28, 45, 49-51, 57, 73,

87-88, 126-127, 130, 134, 144, 154, 160, 162-163, 167, 180, 188, 192-193 legal, 22, 45, 47-48, 178 Intention of the legislator hypothetical, 158 objective, 157 subjective, 157-158

Interest

emancipatory, 74 hermeneutic, 74

Internal point of view epistemic, 89-90, 93, 133 organisational, 20, 90

Interpretation

notion, 131 sensu largissimo, 131 sensu largo, 131 sensu stricto, 131 statutory, 118, 134, 170 Inter-subjectivity, 43, 62

Invariance, 22, 150

lus commune, 4, 162, 193

J

Justification

context of discovery, 75, 148 context of justification, 148 deep, 41, 54, 135 external, 133-135, 137-138, 146 internal, 133-134, 137 justification of justification, 135 rational, 75, 175

K

Knowledge foundations, 39-44 notion, 17, 39

L

Language foundations, 40 primary, 36-37 secondary, 36-38 semantic function, 31, 35, 152, 189 social dimension, 35-36 syntactic function, 31

Language-game

family resemblance, 34-35, 38, 40 learning, 31-34, 37, 47 world-view, 40-43

Law

realm of facts, 27

realm of ideals, 27, 55, 57

Legal argument, 16, 28, 54, 57, 100, 102, 104, 113, 127, 130, 137, 144, 148-149, 150, 163

Legal certainty, 20-22, 27, 118, 130, 163, 170, 174-175

Legal community, 12, 22, 37, 43, 93, 96, 122, 128-130, 134-136, 146, 149, 168, 170-174, 180

Legal principles decision-making principles, 122 extra-systemic, 122, 161 formally valid, 84-85, 122, 181 legal generalisations, 141, 163 positive, 122

Legislator

intention, 14, 148, 151, 153-158, 161 will, 154, 157

Liberty negative, 65-70, 140 positive, 65-67, 70 the third notion of liberty, 66-69

M

Matrix

disciplinary, 186, 188, 196-197 matrix of DSL, 192-194, 196

Meaning

contextual, 132

lexical, 125, 132, 152

proposition, 29, 131-133 semantic, 132, 152 syntactic, 31, 76

Methodology, 28, 63, 105, 118

Moral foundations of law, 56

Moral foundations of legal reasoning, 57

Mutual beliefs

circular, 51, 155

notion, 155-156

reflexive, 51, 155

N

Natural law, 4-5, 10-11, 13-17, 55-56, 83, 126, 129, 165

Nordic legal thought, 7, 9, 17

Norm

formulation, 29, 57, 123, 131 primary, 41, 85, 177

principles, 22, 24, 56-61, 104, 118-124, 128, 130, 141, 177-178, 194

rules, 22-23, 48 secondary, 85, 177 types, 119-124, 128

O

One right answer

final answer, 165

notion, 165, 169-170

right answer, 165-166

strong demarcation thesis, 119-120, 128 weak demarcation thesis, 119-122, 124

Ontology

conventionalism, 42

nominalism, 46

realism, 46

Ostensio, 31-33

P

Pacta sunt servanda, 122, 163

Paradigm, 185-186, 188-189, 191-192, 197-198

Pragmatic instrumentalism, 81, 84

Premise

major, 137 meta-level, 137 minor, 137

Pre-understanding, 24

Prima facie, 22, 55-56, 59-63, 102, 120, 122-128, 171, 194

Principles

goal principles, 121, 125

legal, 14-15, 57-58, 60, 118, 122-124, 127-128, 130, 151, 160, 162-163

majority, 171-175

moral, 54, 56-62, 121-122, 193-194 notion, 121

optimisation mandate, 123-124 principle-like rules, 122-124, 128, 162 regulative, 173-175

rule-like principlles, 122-124

strong demarcation thesis, 119-120, 128 value principles, 123-124, 127

weak demarcation thesis, 119-122, 124 Pseudo-predictions, 93-94

R

Rationality

communicative, 29, 101, 144

goal, 139

instrumental, 139

Rational legal discourse, 142-144, 149 Realism

American, 81, 84

ontological, 46

Scandinavian, 46, 81-83, 196

Rechtsdogmatik, see Doctrinal study of law (DSL)

Relativism, 53-54, 57, 59, 62-63, 165, 170 Research interest, 23

Rhetoric

convincing, 101

dialogue, 95, 98, 100-102

Greek, 97-98

manipulation, 100, 102

monologue, 101

new, 95-104, 130

persuasive, 174

Roman law, 4-7, 13-17, 188

Rules of legal reasoning

analogy, 149-150, 162 argumentum a fortiori, 150 e contrario, 150, 162

S

Science

criteria, 73-75, 78, 83

demarcation line, 73, 77

human, 105, 114, 191 natural, 22, 139, 173, 191 positivistic view, 73, 104

Sources of law

cultural dependence, 148

doctrine, 92, 136, 147-150

factual sources, 149

forbidden, 151

ideal sources, 149

normative status, 150-151, 193, 195 permitted, 147, 149, 151, 160-161, 163, 195

polycentry, 148

source of information, 149

sources vs materials, 137, 149

strongly binding, 149-153, 162

use of the sources, 136, 149, 161 weakly binding, 149, 151, 153-158, 160-163

Special case thesis, 57, 144

Spirit of people, 5

Standpoint

interpretation, 29, 52, 132, 148 norm, 130

State

constitutional, 3, 21, 117-118, 130, 152, 163,188

welfare, 117-118

Study of law

comparative, 19, 158, 160

doctrinal, 3, 5-6, 9-11, 13-17, 19-24, 53, 78-79, 81-84, 86-95, 101, 104-105, 117-199

historical, 19

practical, 10, 15

sociologiocal, 161

theoretical, 29, 67, 78, 184, 195 Subsumption, 20, 134, 140 Syllogism, 62, 114, 118, 124, 134, 137-138, 140, 145

Synderesis, 62

System

basic, 181-183

construction, 179

identity, 181

reformulation, 179-184

Systematisation, 78, 163, 177-184, 198 notion, 178-179, 182-183

T

Theory of law non-positivistic, 54 positivistic, 73

U

Uppsala school, 54, 82

V

Validity

acceptability, 125-130, 175 axiological, 125, 128-130 efficacy, 84, 125-130 formal, 125-130, 175 systemic, 125-128

Value objectivists, 62, 174

Volksgeist, see Spirit of people