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Preliminary Topics for Working Groups. Reality, Truth and Knowledge in the Normative SphereExamples of specific problems within this area:Logical reconstruction of normative systemsThe role of decision theory for reconstruction of conflicts of goals or values.Artificial intelligence in legal research;Political vs. legal reasoningKinds and levels of legal researchFoundations and coherence in legal argumentationObjectivity claim of legal research vs. political legitimacyValidity and reality. Different Societies: Diversity and Common GroundExamples of specific problems:Cultural, historical and religious differences between societiesUniversal valuesConflicts of value systemsLaw, morality, justice, religion and politics in different legal cultures.Polycentricity of the lawInternationalization and globalization of the lawThe problem of the European Union. Political Legitimacy and the Just SocietySpecific problems:Human rights and principles of justiceDemocracy and political ideologiesLiberal democracyViability of democracy, especially after the cold warValue pluralism and common goodDivision of powers, checks and balances.Judicial review and judicial activism – good or bad?Compromise and conflict resolution in the political processLegal limitations of political powerTheory and history of the welfare state. Political Power. Legal Authority and Morality. Law and EconomicsSpecific problems:Legisprudence and techniques of legislationState, sovereignty, rule of lawTheory and history of the RechtsstaatPolitical philosophy behind decision-making – formalism, decisionism, moralism,constitutionalismRechtsstaat and Wohlfahrtsstaat
The role of law according to law and economicsThe role of legal research, especially legal dogmaticsLegal positivism and natural law. Injustice, Power and the LawSpecific problems:Clashes between enacted legal rules and principles of justiceOppression of minoritiesDiscrimination on the grounds of ethnicity and genderPolitical disregard for traditional legal principles of justiceMarxism. Critical legal studies.Feminism.Obstacles to transition in new democraciesCivil disobedience. Organized Political ViolenceSpecific problems:Logical reconstruction of normative value basis of organized political violence (e.g.religious fanaticism, collapse of Western “civilized” values, post-colonial frustrations)Necessary protection against violence and the constraints of the rule of law (problemsconcerning open society in general, protection of integrity, criminal procedure)Consequences of modern technology, globalization and mobilityBetween the rule of law and permanent state of war?How to change the value basis?The need of a stable theory of moral values· Consequences of New Technologies for Law and PoliticsPossibilities for and risks of biotechnological intervention in lifeThe Bioethics and Biolaw MovementConsequences of modern technology for environment.Philosophical basis for environmental lawPossibilities for and risks of computer technologyLegal Implications of the InternetThe rise of the network society. Social, economic, cultural and psychological transformationsgenerated by new technology· Legal Theory and Philosophy; Identity and Co-operationUtility of legal theory in legal research and legal practiceLegal theory and legal philosophyCrisis of legal theory?Legal theory as a discipline or jurisprudential problems in many particular legal disciplines?
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