Shared authority : courts and legislatures in legal theory / Dimitrios Kyritsis.
2015
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Title
Shared authority : courts and legislatures in legal theory / Dimitrios Kyritsis.
Published
Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.
Call Number
JF229 .K97 2015
ISBN
9781849463898
1849463891
1849463891
Description
x, 172 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)881206891
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-169) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Cardozo Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Cardozo Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
vii
1.
In Praise of Particular Jurisprudence
1
I.
Introduction
1
II.
Courts and Legislatures in Legal Theory
3
III.
Must we be Essentialist about Institutions?
5
IV.
Shared Authority
7
V.
Meta-theoretical Reservations
18
VI.
Working from the Particular
21
VII.
Legal and Constitutional Theory
23
2.
The Persistent Significance of Jurisdiction
25
I.
Introduction
25
II.
The Puzzle
27
A.
Practical Authorities
27
B.
Legal Authority
28
C.
The Qualification
31
D.
Jurisdiction: Some Preliminaries
33
III.
Making Room for the Courts
35
A.
The Legislature-only Reading
35
B.
The Legislature and the Courts
40
C.
The Division-of-Labour Reading
42
D.
The Dualistic Reading
43
IV.
A Jurisdictionally Bound Sources Thesis
48
V.
Jurisdiction Revisited
53
3.
Dimensions of Interpretation
56
I.
Introduction
56
II.
The Two Dimensions of Interpretation
57
III.
Problems for Interpretivism
63
IV.
Fit and Theory
65
V.
Interpretation and the Project of Governing
69
VI.
The Return of Legal Positivism
80
A.
Jurisdiction and the Project of Governing Over Time
80
B.
Varieties of Reasons and the Law
84
VII.
Conclusion
91
4.
Legality, Integrity and Institutional Design
93
I.
Introduction
93
II.
The View from the Courts
95
III.
Integrity and Legality
97
IV.
Legality and Separation of Powers
104
A.
Systemic Legitimacy
104
B.
Legality without Integrity
110
C.
The Scope of Jurisprudence Revisited
114
D.
Back to Integrity
116
V.
Governing Together?
117
VI.
Shapiro and the Economy of Trust
120
VII.
Contingency and the Project of Governing
126
VIII.
Conclusion
131
5.
Institutions and Citizens
132
I.
Introduction
132
II.
A Bizarre Authority Triangle
132
III.
Fussy People and the Limits of Authority
137
A.
The Theory of Authority as a Strategy of Insulation
137
B.
Enter the Fussy People
141
C.
The Fussy People before the Law
143
IV.
The Protestant Attitude
145
V.
Engaging with the Law
147
A.
From Ideal to Practice
147
B.
A Two-way Street
152
VI.
Conclusion
153
6.
Broadening the Canvas
155
I.
Taking Stock
155
A.
A Moralised Account of Institutional Cooperation
155
B.
Legal Theory from the Perspective of the C-L Relationship
156
C.
Limited Authority and Citizen Engagement with the Law
159
II.
Where Do we Go from here?
160
Bibliography
165
Index
171