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