A Matter of Coherence

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie. A Matter of Coherence. In Michał Araszkiewicz, Matěj Myška, Terezie Smejkalová, Jaromír Šavelka, Martin Škop. Law and Literature. Argumentation 2012 Workshop Proceedings. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, p. 31-44. ISBN 978-80-210-6019-7.

Basic information

Original name

A Matter of Coherence

Authors

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Brno, Law and Literature. Argumentation 2012 Workshop Proceedings, p. 31-44, 14 pp. 2012

Publisher

Masarykova univerzita

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50500 5.5 Law

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/12:00067976

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

ISBN

978-80-210-6019-7

UT WoS

000319230600005

Keywords in English

coherence; narrative coherence; judicial decision-making; interpretation; context

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rivok

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Abstract

V originále

This paper deals with the concept of coherence in the context of legal argumentation and interpretation. After putting the concept of coherence into a wider context, this paper deals with what MacCormick calls normative coherence, i.e. the unity of principle and value among the rules and their broader normative context. Coherence of the justifications of judicial decisions with the rest of the legal system is a desirable property, and despite its inability to be the sole sufficient argument to justify a judicial decision it may be also understood as a connection of purposive and context considerations that reflects and enables the dynamic nature of a legal system.

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Links

MUNI/B/0970/2011, interní kód MU

Name: Argumentation 2012 – Law and Literature (Acronym: Arg_2012_LL) Investor: Masaryk University, Category B