Tuckness Locke and the Legislative Point of View

Toleration, Contested Principles, and the Law
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2539-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Tuckness, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi

ABBREVIATED REFERENCES xiii

Introduction 1

PART I

The Legislative Point of View and the Ends of Government 15

CHAPTER 1

Contested Laws and Principles 17

Contested Principles and the Legislative Point of View 25

The Analogy between Laws and Moral Principles 31

CHAPTER 2

Contested Principles and the Legislative Point of View 36

Rule-Utilitarianism and Contested Principles 36

Locke, Proast, and Contested Principles 39

The Secular Analogue of the Lockean Argument 46

Two Illustrations 51

CHAPTER 3

Legislative Consent and the Public Good 57

Problems with Contractual Consent 66

Locke's Legislative Consent and the Public Good 74

CHAPTER 4

Beyond Neutrality and Perfectionism 85

Two Liberal Approaches 85

Rawls and Reasonable Agreement 88

Raz and Human Well-Being 101

Beyond Neutrality and Perfectionism 110

PART II

The Legislative Point of View and Constitutional Roles 115

CHAPTER 5

Institutional Roles and the Legislative Point of View 117

Locke on Legislative and Executive Powers 121

Locke and the Missing Judicial Power 127

Judges as Legislators: Functions versus Institutions 132

Implications for Contested Roles 135

CHAPTER 6

Contested Roles, Interpretation, and the Framer's Point of View 137

Contested Jurisdiction and the "Framer's Point of View" 140

Contested Constitutional Jurisdiction in the United States 143

Dworkin and the Legislative Point of View 147

Originalism and the Nature of Law and Legislation 159

Boerne v. Flores 166

Contested Roles and the State of Nature 172

Conclusion 174

APPENDIX I

Textual Support for the Legislative Point of View 179

APPENDIX 2

Locke's Theory of Consent and the Ends of Government 181

BIBLIOGRAPHY 191

COURT CASES CITED 199

INDEX 201

Über Autor(innen)

Alex Tuckness is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University.