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Robert Alexy and the Dual Nature of Law
Author(s) -
Spaak Torben
Publication year - 2020
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/raju.12285
Subject(s) - philosophy , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , dual (grammatical number) , meaning (existential) , injustice , dimension (graph theory) , law , political science , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Robert Alexy's claim that law of necessity has a dual nature raises many interesting philosophical questions. In this article, I consider some of these questions, such as what the meaning of the correctness thesis is, whether Alexy's discourse theory supports this thesis, and whether the thesis is defensible; whether Alexy's argument from anarchy and civil war supports the claim that law of necessity has a real dimension; and what the implications are of the use of moral arguments, such as the argument from injustice, for the status of Alexy's inquiry.