Manuel Atienza

Manuel Atienza Rodríguez

El Derecho es un fenómeno omnipresente en nuestras sociedades. Prácticamente no hay ninguna relación social que quede al margen del Derecho, pero lo jurídico es sólo un aspecto de lo social del cual -eso sí- no se puede prescindir si se quiere entender algo del mundo que nos rodea. El sentido del Derecho pretende contribuir a esta tarea de clasificación planteando -y tratando de contestar a- algunas de las cuestiones más generales y más básicas en relación con el derecho: por qué existe; en qué medida consiste en normas; qué relación guarda con la moral y con el poder; para qué sirve; qué funciones sociales cumple; cómo debería ser; a qué valores debería servir y qué objetivos debería plantearse; cómo puede conocerse y de qué manera ha de construirse una ciencia del Derecho; hasta qué punto consiste en una actividad argumentativa y cómo ha de entenderse su aplicación e interpretación. La idea de fondo es que lo que da sentido al Derecho no puede ser otra cosa que la aspiración a la justicia o, para decirlo en términos más modestos y más realistas: la lucha contra la injusticia.

El sentido del derecho

José Manuel Aroso Linhares

This book intertwines two major themes in contemporary legal theory – the concepts of human dignity and the problem of the autonomy and limits of the law – while also addressing two other key aspects – the first one concerned with human rights practices and foundations (in their direct connections with the issue of dignity), the second one considering the role that the law’s aspirations attribute to the experience of an autonomous subject-person (and the demands that identify his/her position in the dialectical counterpoint with the rethinking of a community). The diversity of perspectives that each of these themes allows is explored in various contexts and with unmistakable implications concerning juridical validity, rule of law practices, pluralism, political and practical-cultural challenges, and divisive “bio-ethical” issues. This means considering the separation or separability theses between law and morality and the juridically relevant experience of person(hood) as a dialectic between autonomy and responsibility, the orthodox and heterodox images of comparable concreteness and incomparable singularity, the challenges of external points of view and interdisciplinary approaches.

Human Dignity and the Autonomy of Law

J. Ruiz Manero

Legal statements are, according to the authors, the most basic elements of the law. Nevertheless they must be considered not only as the pieces of a puzzle, but also as the components of a dynamic and highly complex reality: the law of contemporary society. The book presents an analysis of the different types of legal statements (mandatory rules, principles, power-conferring rules, definitions, permissions, values and the rule of recognition) from a threeefold perspective, that is, considering their logical structure, their function in legal reasoning as reasons for action, and their connections with the interests and power relationships among the individuals and the social groups. The result is conceived as a first step in the building of a general theory of law designed not as an isolated discourse but as a decisive element for the dynamization of the legal culture.

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