A Teleological Approach to Legal Dialogues

EUI Law Working Paper No. 2006/28

24 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2007

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Giovanni Sartor

European University Institute Law Department

Date Written: October 2006

Abstract

This paper aims at connecting two ideas that play a fundamental role in Robert Alexy's theory of legal reasoning, namely, on the one hand the idea of a dialogue and on the other hand the idea of a value (a goal to be realised in the political and legal domain). In particular, I shall argue that goal-oriented (teleological) considerations can contribute to determining the structure of dialectical interactions. Correspondingly, it is possible identify a variety of teleologically justified kinds of legal dialogues.

Keywords: legal reasoning

Suggested Citation

Sartor, Giovanni, A Teleological Approach to Legal Dialogues (October 2006). EUI Law Working Paper No. 2006/28, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=963374 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.963374

Giovanni Sartor (Contact Author)

European University Institute Law Department ( email )

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