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Abstract  I re-present my account of how a liberal democratic society can be tolerant and do so in a way designed to meet Peter Balint’s
objections. In particular, I explain how toleration can be approached from a third-party perspective, [...]

Abstract  A growing number of theorists have argued that toleration, at least in its traditional sense, is no longer applicable to liberal
democratic political arrangements—especially if these political arrangements are conceived of as [...]

Sanitizing Justice
Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-5DOI 10.1007/s11158-011-9174-yAuthors
Oliver Dowlen, 62 Brockswood Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 7BQ, UK

Journal Res PublicaOnline ISSN 1572-8692Print ISSN [...]

Abstract  I aim to explain why majority voting can be assumed to have an epistemic edge over lottery voting. This would provide support
for majority voting as the appropriate decision mechanism for deliberative epistemic accounts of [...]

Abstract  In this article, I examine A. John Simmons’s philosophical anarchism, and specifically, the problems that result from the
combination of its three foundational principles: the strong correlativity of legitimacy rights and [...]

Abstract  This article seeks to revisit the relationship between Rawls’s contractarianism and the moral status of animals, paying particular
attention to the recent literature. Despite Rawls’s own reluctance to include animals as [...]

Abstract  This paper offers a critical analysis of two central issues in Luigi Ferrajoli’s Principia iuris, and more generally of his theory of rights. One is the way in which ‘expectations’ play a crucial role in his deontic theory
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Abstract  This paper illustrates the main features of Luigi Ferrajoli’s theoretical approach to law, as they are developed in his Principia Juris. These include his opposition to the traditional perspective of natural law; his [...]

The Planning Theory of Law
Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-6DOI 10.1007/s11158-011-9172-0Authors
Miguel-Jose Lopez-Lorenzo, University College London, London, UK

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Abstract  This piece criticizes traditional formal and procedural conceptions of democracy, which fail to account for the development
of contemporary constitutional democracy. The latter is characterized by a substantive dimension with [...]