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Legal Theory is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Legal Cases and Commentary, Free Will and Agency.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Legal Theory 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Legal Cases and Commentary Free Will and Agency Legal principles and applications Political Philosophy and Ethics |
| ISSN | 1352-3252 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.55 |
| h-index | 49 |
| i10-index | 181 |
| Total citations | 9,130 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Oxford |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org |
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A wrongful life suit is an unusual civil suit brought by a child (typically a congenitally disabled child) 1 who seeks damages for burdens he suffers that result from his creation. Typically, the child charges that he has been born into an unwanted or miserable life. 2 These suits offer the prospect of financial relief…
What one ought to mean by “speech,” in the context of discussions of free speech, is whatever it is that a correct justification of the right to free speech justifies one in protecting. What one ought to mean, it may be argued, includes illocution , in the sense of J.L. Austin. Some feminist writers, accepting…
We regularly wield powers that, upon close scrutiny, appear remarkably magical. By sheer exercise of will, we bring into existence things that have never existed before. With but a nod, we effect the disappearance of things that have long served as barriers to the actions of others. And, by mere resolve, we generate things that…
There are those who believe that the rules governing the international political system are changing fundamentally; a new universal constitutional order is in the making, with profound implications for the constituent units, competencies, structure, and standing of the international legal order ( cf. Cassese 1986, 1991; Weller 1997). On the other side, there are those…
Many have claimed that legitimate constitutional democracy is either conceptually or practically impossible, given infinite regress paradoxes deriving from the requirement of simultaneously democratic and constitutional origins for legitimate government. This paper first critically investigates prominent conceptual and practical bootstrapping objections advanced by Barnett and Michelman. It then argues that the real conceptual root of…
