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Constitutional Conflicts, Moral Dilemmas, and Legal Solutions
Author(s) -
ALVAREZ SILVINA
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00474.x
Subject(s) - moral dilemma , political science , law , law and economics , sociology , social psychology , psychology
The article focuses on the definition of constitutional conflicts as moral dilemmas. It discusses the conception of tragic conflicts by which “loss” is a distinctive feature that identifies both moral and constitutional dilemmas. It also asserts the peculiarity of constitutional conflicts vis‐à‐vis moral dilemmas, as well as the possibility of legal solutions to constitutional conflicts.