Unpacking Normativity : Conceptual, Normative, and Descriptive Issues.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Introduction -- PART I METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING NORMATIVITY -- 1. Is Moralised Jurisprudence Redundant? -- I. Introduction -- II. Indirect Evaluation and Theories of Law -- III. A Wrong Turn -- IV. Law and Participants' Self-Understanding -- V. Conclusion -- 2. The Metric Approach to Legal Normativity -- I. Introduction -- II. The Three Functions of the Nexus -- III. Legal Reasons as Nexus Reasons -- IV. Loosing the Nexus -- PART II ON THE NATURE OF LEGAL NORMATIVITY/LEGAL OBLIGATION -- 3. The Nature of Legal Obligation -- I. Introduction -- II. The Nature of Legal Obligation - Question 1: Normativity as a Matter of Choice? -- III. The Nature of Legal Obligation: Question 2: Sui Generis? -- IV. Conclusion -- 4. The Problems of Legal Normativity and Legal Obligation -- I. Introduction -- II. The Problem of Legal Normativity -- III. The Problem of Legal Obligation and Its Logical Relation to the Problem of Legal Normativity -- IV. The Distinction between Subjective and Objective Reasons -- V. A Non-Orthodox Account of the Nature of Legal Obligation -- VI. Explaining Law's Normativity in Terms of Basic Reasons: Moral and Prudential Reasons for Action -- VII. Summary and Conclusions -- 5. Non-naturalism, Normativity and the Meaning of Ought : Some Lessons from Kelsen -- I. Introduction -- II. Purity -- III. Non-Naturalism -- IV. Imputation -- V. Psychologism -- VI. Fragmentation -- VII. Conclusion and Summary -- PART III NORMS AS REASONS FOR ACTION -- 6. Norms, Reasons, and the Law -- I. Introduction -- II. Codifying Norms -- III. Reason-instantiating Norms -- IV. Constitutive Norms -- V. Authoritative Norms -- VI. Is Law's Normativity Unique? -- 7. Normative Reasoning From a Point of View -- I. Introduction.

II. Reasoning From a Point of View -- III. Objection 1: Application versus Interpretation -- IV. Objection 2: The Circumstances of Judging -- V. Conclusion -- 8. Legal Reasons and Upgrading Reasons -- I. Introduction -- II. The Codification Account -- III. The Triggering Account -- IV. The Multi-tiered Account -- PART IV NORMATIVITY AND LEGAL REASONING -- 9. Normativity of Basic Rules of Legal Interpretation -- I. Introduction -- II. Following Basic Rules of Legal Interpretation -- III. Fundamental and Derivative Normativity of Interpretation -- IV. Conclusion -- 10. Another Way to Meet Hart's Challenge -- I. Introduction -- II. The Argument from Fallibility -- III. A Paradox of Hart's Fallible Finality -- IV. An Alternative Account of the Normativity of Legal Discourse -- 11. The Constraining Force of Analogies and the Role of the Judge -- I. Introduction -- II. The Worry Explained -- III. Judges as Interlocutors -- IV. A Friend to the Arguer, A Foe to the Interlocutor -- PART V LEGAL NORMATIVITY BEYOND THE STATE -- 12. What Makes a Transnational Rule of Law? Understanding the Logos and Values of Human Action in Transnational Law -- I. Introduction -- II. Understanding Human Action: The Medusa of Coercion -- III. The Rule of Law and the Thick Conception of the Transnational Rule of Law -- IV. Possible Objections -- V. Conclusion -- 13. Theorising 'Unidentified Normative Objects' of Global Regulatory Regimes -- I. Introduction -- II. Unpacking Normativity -- III. On the Normativity of UNOs -- IV. Conclusion -- Index.

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