van Domselaar, I.

English

Although tragic choices are a common phenomenon in human experience, dominant conceptions of legal reasoning in Western constitutional democracies do not account for the tragic character of legal choices. These conceptions are therefore highly reassuring both for the legal system as a whole as well as for the legal agents concerned.In this paper it is argued that conceptions of legal reasoning should make room for the concept of tragic legal choice. In order to grasp the substantial bearing of this claim, the main characteristics of the concept of a tragic legal choice will also be fleshed out

International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion online publications

Tragic choice as a legal concept

https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/9209388/118094_SSRN_id1792725_1_.pdf

Tragic choice as a legal concept

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion online publications