Practical power of judgment by Neil MacCormick
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https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6069.78.03Keywords:
legal pluralism, norm-usage, practical power of judgement, judgmental-interpretative practiceAbstract
The chief concern of the paper is to reconstruct the idea of the practical power of judgement, which in my view stands as a hidden philosophical background in Neil MacCormick’s writings in his post-positivist period. Firstly, I bring into light the source of and inspiration for his understanding of legal pluralism. Secondly, I analyse thoroughly the concept of norm-usage. Finally, drawing on my previous analyses, I argue that behind the legal pluralism and norm-usage there is a concept of judgmental-interpretative practice to be found which I reconstruct from MacCormick’s writings.
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