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(Produktform)Electronic book text --- Philosophie --- Legal Philosophy --- Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie --- Recht --- (VLB-WN)9770

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« C’est de la bonté des lois criminelles que dépend principalement la liberté des citoyens. » Par sa critique des interdictions exorbitantes, des châtiments disproportionnés, des accusations invérifiables et des jugements arbitraires, Montesquieu nous apprend que le conflit entre individu et autorité n’est jamais plus dramatique et plus aigu que sur le terrain de la pénalité. Le pouvoir de punir est certes indispensable à la protection de nos droits, mais en les protégeant des violations qui les menacent, il menace lui aussi de les violer. Quelles limites assigner aux prohibitions légitimes ? Dans quel but et comment punir les transgresseurs ? Comment s’assurer de la violation des normes juridiques et de la responsabilité personnelle d’une action criminelle ? Envisagé dans la perspective de la philosophie du droit, L’Esprit des lois révèle sa puissante dimension normative et ouvre l’horizon du « garantisme pénal ». “It is on the goodness of criminal laws that the liberty of the subject principally depends.” By criticising outrageous prohibitions, disproportionate punishments, unverifiable accusations and arbitrary judgments, Montesquieu teaches us that the conflict between the individual and authority is never more dramatic and more acute than with regard to punishment. While the power to punish is certainly indispensable in protecting our rights, it itself constitutes a threat to the very rights that it aims to protect from possible violations. What limits should there be on legitimate prohibitions? Why and how should wrongdoers be punished? How can we identify with certainty any infringement of the law and personal liability for a criminal action? Formulated from the legal philosophy angle, >The Spirit of the Laws reveals its powerful normative dimension and opens up the perspective of “penal guaranteeism”.

Philosophy --- Law (General) --- Montesquieu --- droit pénal --- philosophie du droit --- droits fondamentaux --- Lumières --- criminal law --- legal philosophy --- fundamental rights --- Enlightenment

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"This book uses the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn to provide a new vision of the development of European comparative law that will challenge and inspire scholars in the field. With the 'empathic' use of some ideas from Kuhn's theories on the history of science - paradigm, paradigm-shift, puzzle-solving research and incommensurability - the book rethinks the modern history of European comparative law from the late 19th century to the modern day. It argues that three major paradigms determine modern comparative law: - historical and comparative jurisprudence, - droit comparé, and - post-World War II comparative law. It concludes that contemporary methodological trends are not signs of a paradigm-shift toward a postmodern and culturalist understanding of comparative law, but that the new approach spreads the idea of methodological plurality"--

Comparative law. --- Comparative jurisprudence --- Comparative legislation --- Jurisprudence, Comparative --- Law, Comparative --- Legislation, Comparative --- Paradigms (Social sciences) --- Law. --- Comparative Law (Law) --- Legal Philosophy (Law),Legal History (Law) --- Comparative law --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Influence. --- Social sciences

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Ethics --- Political ethics --- Morale --- Morale politique --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Philosophy --- Political science --- Ethics. --- Philosophy. --- Arts and Humanities --- political philosophy --- moral philosophy --- legal philosophy --- ethics --- applied ethics --- political theory --- Political philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Values

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"There is no political term today that has a greater cachet and so little clarity than democracy. Leaders of large states use it to designate their nations’ public character, while it is also used by critics of leaders calling themselves “democratic” to spearhead their calls for political reforms. In Envisioning Democracy, Terry Maley and John R. Wallach address the following key questions: What does democracy mean today? What could it mean tomorrow? What is the dynamic of democracy, especially in an increasingly interdependent world of growing inequality, that can be captured by authoritarian populist leaders? Envisioning Democracy explores these questions amid the dynamic of democracy as a political phenomenon interacting with forms of economic, ethical, and intellectual life. The book draws on the thought of one of America’s greatest writers on democracy in the last fifty years, Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015). In this collection, scholars consider the historical conditions, theoretical elements, and practical impediments to democracy, relying on Wolin’s insights as touchstones in thinking through what democracy means now and what it could mean in the future. Envisioning Democracy presents new perspectives on longstanding, current, and future issues surrounding democracy and liberalism in political theory."--

Democracy. --- Political science. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- anthropocene. --- democracy. --- democratic theory. --- fugitive democracy. --- human rights. --- legal philosophy. --- political education. --- political theory. --- reactionary tribalism. --- reconciliation. --- settler colonialism. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Wolin, Sheldon