Harel, Alon,

Why law matters / Alon Harel. - First edition. - xii, 240 pages ; 24 cm. - Oxford legal philosophy .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
I. Introdr-rction
Part I Why Rights Matter
2. Why Rights Matter: The Inte-rdependence ofRights
and Values
A. lntroductiorr
B. Rights as }\eason-dcpendcnt l)enrands
C. The Failure of the Prirnacy of Values Hypothesis:
The Dependence of Values on I\ights
D. Surnmary
Part II Why the State Matters: Digniry, Agency,
and the State
Introduction to Part II
3. The Case against Privatization
A. Introclttction
B. Why'We Care ;rbout Who the Agents Are:
Agent-dependent Enterprise and the Sienificance
of Public Agenrs
C. Trvo Conceptions of l)r-rblic l)eliberation:
Reason-based Delib eratio 11 verslls D eferential
Deliberarion
D. Public Oflicials, Conrnrunirv of Practice, and
Fideliry of l)eference
E. \Yhy Sonre Goods Must be Publicly Provided:
lntrinsicaliy Public Goods
F. The Limits ofJustifiable l)efcrence
G. (lonclusion
4. Necessiry Knows No Larv
A. Introduction
B. l)eontologv: Categorical and Absolute Inrpemrissibiliry
C. Necerssirv Knorvs No Larv
1'' a J
r 3
rtl
2 5
48
5 r
6 5
6 5
69
8z
86
9 5
r03
r05
r07
r07
III
II-5
(,ONTENTS
Ily Force of the (lircumstances
Who Ought to Dorvn a Plane?
More on the l)isrinctness of the Exceptional
Part III Why Constitutions Matter: The Case for
Robust Constitutionalism
Introdr-rction to Part III
A. The Fallacic's of Constitutional Instmnrentalisnr
B. Democracy versus Lcgitinracy
C. Sunrnrary
i. Why Ottttstitutional l{ights Matter: The Case for
l3inding Constitutionalism
A. Introdtrction
ll. lJindins Un enforceable or Uncler-enforcc'abl e
Constiturionalisnr
C. The Non-instrunrentai Justification for Entrenching
Constitutional Rights: The (lase' for llinding
Constitutionalisnr
D. The Case against l)ernocracy
(t. The lleal Case forJudicial Review
A. Introdtrction
B.'fhe InstrurrrentalistJustificadons fbrJudicial Review
C. Judicial l\evierv and the Right to a Hearing
D. Constrainecl Judicial l\eview
E. (lonclusion
7. Conciusion
Index
D
E .
F.
I2I
rz6
rz8
i33
r36
r39
r45
r47
r47
r52
r68
r88
r9r
I9I
194
202
zt6
224
225
117 zJ I

9780198766216

2013950546


Law--Philosophy.

K237 / .H37 2014

340.1 HAR