dc.contributor.author | SAHM, Philipp | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-26T11:07:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-26T11:07:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Florence : European University Institute, 2012 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/26439 | |
dc.description | Supervisor: Professor Dennis Patterson, European University Institute. | |
dc.description | Award date: 26 November 2012 | en |
dc.description | PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digital archive of EUI PhD theses | en |
dc.description.abstract | Paradox mentionings have become fashionable in scholarly literature, but are essentially incomplete. Consequently, the question arises whether paradoxophilia is law’s disease or a mere obsession of some legal scholars. A comparison between paradoxes and legal decision-making situations reveals that law in fact suffers from paradoxophilia. The problem posed by legal decision-making situations is structurally identical to the problem posed by paradoxes. A diagnosis of paradoxophilia and the insight into the structure of the disease determines the therapy. Legal methodologies are supposed to guide the decision-making process. However, in order to do so, they must offer something that could be called paradoxicality management. This in turn deepens the understanding of methodological doctrines and opens up a perspective under which legal methodologies can be assessed. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | European University Institute | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | LAW | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | LLM Thesis | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Law -- Methodology | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Paradox | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Law -- Interpretation and construction | |
dc.title | Paradoxophilia : imaginary invalid or chronic disease? : an analysis of paradoxicality in legal decisions | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
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