Content: I. Theories of State: R. Martin: Democracy and Rights: Two Perspectives - G. den Hartogh: The Limits of Liberal Neutrality - M. Blegvad: Types of Liberal Theories of Justice and Democracy - P. Gerard: Ethique et politique dans la legitimation du droit - A. Perenic: La primaute de l'individu ou la primaute du systeme politique - E. Wolgast: The State as Servant - V. Haksar: Social Contract, Integrity and the Right to Equal Liberties - II. Theories of Law: J. Cottingham: The Philosophical Status of Natural Rights - T. A. Fay: Rights and Natural Law - S. Morimura: Social Morality and Right-Based Moralities - M. D. Bayles: Against Right-Based Moral Theories - C. Johnson: On Some Alleged Difficulties for Utilitarian Justifications of Rights - H. v. Erp: Democracy: Pragmatic Conceptions and Ethical Justification - A. M. Cameron: MacCormick's Liberal Theory of Rights - F. A. Cappelletti: De la libre pensee au droit a la libre communication des pensees et des opinions - H. Collins: Liberty and Equality in the Workplace - B. B. Levenbook: Are There Any Positive Rights? - H. T. Klami: All Things Not Considered - R. Alexy: Problems of Discursive Rationality in Law - A. Aarnio: Taking Rules Seriously - J.-P. Rentto: Obligation to Obey? - A. MacLeod: Rights, Constraints and Consequences - I. Williams: Legal Rights and Privacy in the Information Society

Partial proceedings of the 19th World Congress, IVR, New York, 1999.

Burton M. Leiser: Preface Elspeth Attwooll / Annette Brockmoller: Preface Rafael Encinas de Munagorri: Les Problemes de preuve poses par l'evolution des sciences et des technologies Richard A. L. Gambitta / Gary S. Kitchen: Genetic Engineering and the Law Mariachiara Tallacchini: The Patentability of Human Biological Materials Joan C. Callahan: Liberalism, Reproductive Technologies, and Feminist Skepticism Gerry Maher: Future Trends in Computer-Generated Pornography: Ethical Principle and Legal Regulation of "Bespoke" Pornography Fernando Galindo: La puesta en practica de la regulacion de Internet por la Filosofia del Derecho comunicativa Richard T. De George: Business Ethics and The International Legal Coordination Problem Takao Katsuragi: On Multi-Value Structure or Market Ethics Francois Ost / Mark van Hoecke: From contract to transmission Robert Isaak: Philosophical Bases of "Green Logic"

Res. en inglés.

Challenges to law at the end of the 20th Century.- v.3.

Aus dem Inhalt: A. Aarnio: One Right Answer and the Majority Principle - H. Aoi: Fikentschers Theorie der Fallnorm - J. A. G. Amado: Justicia, Democracia y Validez del Derecho en J. Habermas - O. Ballweg: Phronesis versus Practical Philosophy - J. Bengoetxea: Legal System as a Regulative Ideal - N. Brieskorn: Die Kantische Maxime und die richterliche Rechtsanwendung - D. Buchwald: Rational Legal Justification - E. Bulygin: On Legal Interpretation - N. MacCormick and J. Wroblewski: On Justification and Interpretation - U. Dopfer: Ontologie der sozialen Rolle als Grundlage strafrechtlicher Entscheidungen - V. Frosini: Prolegomena zur Auslegung des Rechts - A. Gangel: Rechtsprechung, Rechtsanwendung und Vernunftsgebrauch - M. P. Golding: Substantive Interpretation in Common Law Elaboration - M. van Hoecke: The Use of Unwritten Legal Principles by Courts - H.-R. Horn: Are there Several Theories of Legal Argumentation? - R. Kevelson: The Confusion of Language in Legal Thought - F. Lachmayer: Visualisierung in der Rechtswissenschaft - P. J. van Niekerk: The Relevance of the Distinction between Legal Principles and Legal Rules - M. Pavcnik: "Rechtsanwendung" oder normative Konkretisierung des Gesetzes? - A. Peczenik: Why shall Legal Reasoning be Coherent? - K. Pleszka: Empirisches Wissen als Grundlage der teleologischen Interpretation - u.a.

Contents: F. de Polignac: Repenser la �cit��? Rituels et soci�t� en Gr�ce archa�que � M. H. Hansen: The �Autonomous City-State�. Ancient Fact or Modern Fiction? � M. H. Hansen: Kome. A Study in How the Greeks Designated and Classified Settlements which were not Poleis � T. H. Nielsen: Was Eutaia a Polis? A Note on Xenophon�s Use of the Term Polis in the Hellenika � P. Flensted-Jensen: The Bottiaians and their Poleis � S. G. Miller: Old Metroon and Old Bouleuterion in the Classical Agora of Athens � T. L. Shear, Jr.: Bouleuterion, Metroon and the Archives at Athens � A. Avram: Poleis und Nicht-Poleis im Ersten und Zweiten Attischen Seebund � W. Burkert: Greek Poleis and Civic Cults. Some Further Thoughts � L. Rubinstein: Pausanias as a Source for the Classical Greek Polis

"Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Reykjavík, 26 May-2 June, 1993."--T.p.

Aus dem Inhalt: Derek Morgan and Gillian Douglas: The Constitution of the Family; Three Waves for Plato Michael Freeman: The Austin Lecture: The Private and the Public Katherine O'Donovan: Love's Law: Moral Reasoning in Family Law Ruth Chadwick: Moral Reasoning in Family Law: A Response to Katherine O'Donovan Bob Brecher: What is Wrong with the Family? John Eekelaar: Parenthood, Social Engineering and Rights Brenda Almond: Parenthood - Social Construct or Fact of Nature? Kenneth Norrie: Medical Treatment of Children and Young Persons John Haldane: Children, Families, Autonomy and the State Sandra Marshall: Whose Child is it Anyway ? Derek Morgan: Hope of Deliverance? The Metamorphosis of Surrogacy