Title:Alexy on Necessity in Law and Morals
Author(s):PATTERSON, DennisDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Robert Alexy has built his original theory of law upon pervasive claims for “necessary” features of law. In this article, I show that Alexy's claims suffer from two difficulties. First, Alexy is never clear about what he ...
Title:Statecraft, the Market State and the Development of European Legal Culture
Author(s):AFILALO, Ari; PATTERSON, Dennis; PURNHAGEN, Kai PeterDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:We consider whether the theory of the market-state can explain the features of a common European legal culture. Our thesis is that there is an extant EU legal culture, one which developed through the Europeanisation of ...
Title:From the Nation State to the Market: The evolution of EU private law
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; PATTERSON, DennisDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The State exists to deliver security and welfare to citizens. One of the principal functions of the State is to enhance welfare through the production of legal regimes. Law contributes to welfare in many ways, one of which ...
Title:Fundamentos filosóficos del Derecho y la neurociencia
Author(s):PARDO, Michael S.; PATTERSON, DennisDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Según una amplia variedad de académicos, científicos y responsables políticos, la neurociencia acabará por transformar el Derecho. Muchos neurojuristas –valedores del poder de la neurociencia sobre el Derecho- proceden a ...
Title:More on the Conceptual and the Empirical: Misunderstandings, Clarifications and Replies
Author(s):PARDO, Michael S.; PATTERSON, DennisDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:At the invitation of the Editors, we wrote an article (entitled, “Minds, Brains, and Norms”) detailing our views on a variety of claims by those arguing for the explanatory power of neuroscience in matters of law and ethics. ...
Title:Minds, Brains and Norms
Author(s):PARDO, Michael S.; PATTERSON, DennisDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Arguments for the importance of neuroscience reach across many disciplines. Advocates of neuroscience have made wide-ranging claims for neuroscience in the realms of ethics, value, and law. In law, for example, many scholars ...
Title:Postmodernism
Author(s):PATTERSON, DennisDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Postmodernism is an explanatory concept that articulates distinctive themes in epistemology, philosophy of language, and action theory. These persecptives are brought to bear on law I the context of an overall account of ...
Title:Diritto e verità
Author(s):PATTERSON, DennisDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Con la traduzione di Law & Truth il Cermeg presenta al lettore italiano uno dei saggi più brillanti di metodologia giuridica apparsi negli ultimi anni. Il suo autore, Dennis Patterson è noto agli specialisti per le sue ...
Title:Philosophical Foundations of Law and Neuroscience
Author(s):PARDO, Michael S.; PATTERSON, DennisDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:According to a wide variety of scholars, scientists, and policymakers, neuroscience promises to
transform law. Many neurolegalists—those championing the power of neuroscience for law—proceed
from problematic premises ...
Title:The New Global Trading Order. The Evolving State and the Future of Trade
Author(s):PATTERSON, Dennis; AFILALO, AriDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The international institutions that have governed global trade since the end of World War II have lost their effectiveness, and global trade governance is fractured. The need for new institutions is obvious, and yet, few ...
Title:A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, 2nd ed.
Author(s):PATTERSON, DennisDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The articles in this new edition of 'A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory' have been updated throughout, and the addition of ten new articles ensures that the volume continues to offer the most up-to-date ...
Title:After Conceptual Analysis: The Rise of Practice Theory
Author(s):PATTERSON, DennisDate:2009Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:General jurisprudence is the study of the most general features of law. The tradition of analytic jurisprudence – one that spans from Hobbes to Coleman – has exhibited a sustained focus on identifying the constitutive ...
