Product Description: English summary: Balancing is omnipresent in legal practice. It does however raise many difficult theoretical questions. Based on the world-renowned principles theory, the essays in this volume study the various problems of balancing as a method as well as its basic rationality...read more

Product Description: Legal argumentation consists in the interpretation of texts. Therefore, it has a natural connection to the philosophy of language. Central issues of this connection, however, lack a clear answer. For instance, how much freedom do judges have in applying the law? How are the literal and the purposive approaches related to one another? How can we distinguish between applying the law and making the law? Making the Law Explicit provides answers by means of a complex and detailed theory of literal meaning...read more

Product Description: Wieviel Freiheit hat der Richter bei der Interpretation der Gesetze? Kann diese Freiheit durch den Wortlaut der Gesetze begrenzt werden? Diese Frage ist ein zentrales Thema der rechtswissenschaftlichen Methodenlehre und zugleich ein Problem, das sich in der taglichen Arbeit jedes Juristen stellt...read more