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The article discusses the philosophical rootedness of the economic analysis of law. Utilitarianism is identified as the main source of inspiration for the law and economics movement. Read more
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Law & economics scholars have claimed, from the very beginning of the movement, that their ambition has been to make studies of law more scientific. The neoclassical approach in economic analysis of law is based on the assumption that rationality of people acting in legal contexts can be characterized in the same ways as rationality of homines economici. Read more
- Interdisciplinarity and the external integration of jurisprudence in the light of postmodern critique
The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the critique of the concept of “external integration of jurisprudence”, which has been widely discussed in polish jurisprudence in the past decades. I base my critique on an analysis of the concept put forward in Polish literature by Jerzy Wróblewski and Kazimierz Opałek. Read more
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This paper addresses the issue of whether the justification concerning the principles of justice adopted by Rawls allows for modifying morally significant differentiations found in the basic social structure. The idea of basic social structure as understood by Rawls is explained, and the requirements for justification assumed by Rawls are characterized. Read more
- The ‘clarification’ theory of legal interpretation as a theory of justification. Psycholinguistic perspective and the positivist idea of legal interpretation
Within the framework of legal positivism on the ground of Polish legal theory there was founded, in the scope of the issue of legal interpretation, the ‘clarification’ theory, formulated by J. Wróblewski. Read more
- Story of a footnote. Attempt to reconstruct the discussion of Hans Kelsen and Jerzy Wróblewski
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