Title:Legal Concepts as Inferential Nodes and Ontological Categories
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:I shall compare two views of legal concepts: as nodes in inferential nets and as categories in an ontology (a conceptual architecture). Firstly, I shall introduce the inferential approach, consider its implications, and ...
Title:Legal protection of linguistic diversity in Russia: past and present
Author(s):ULASIUK, IrynaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Russia is unique in its size and ethnic composition. There is a further linguistic complexity of more than 150 co-existing languages. Notwithstanding this diversity, the claims of linguistic minorities in Russia were ...
Title:Legal validity : an inferential analysis
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:I will argue that the concept of (valid) law is a normative notion, irreducible to any factual description. Its conceptual function is that of relating certain (alternative sets of) properties a norm may possess to the ...
Title:Legality Policies and Theories of Legality: From Bananas to Radbruch’s Formula
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper I shall take an inferential approach to legality (legal validity), and consider how the legality of a norm can be inferred, and what can be inferred from it. In particular, I shall analyse legality policies, ...
Title:Legitimacy, Political Equality, and Majority Rule
Author(s):SADURSKI, WojciechDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper claims that the intuitive and widespread legitimating power of
majority rule (MR) arises from the link between majority rule and the principle of
equality of political opportunity. The egalitarian character ...