Paolo Sandro

University of Leeds - School of Law

Leeds LS2 9JT

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law

Number of pages: 331 Posted: 11 Sep 2023
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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Constitutional democracy, legal realism, legal determinacy, communicative theory of law, separation of powers, discretion, rule of law, concept of law, law-creation, law-application, legal interpretation, rule-scepticism, rule-following, constitutionalism, democracy, constitution, isonomia, ius,

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An Axiomatic Theory of Law

Res Publica, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Sep 2011
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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Axiomatisation, General Theory of Law, Deontic Gap, ‘Unlawful Law’, Juridicial Reason

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Who are the Norm-Addressees in a Legal System? Some Hints Towards a Neglected Conclusion

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2013/29
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2013
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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Indeterminacy Thesis, Law as Communication, Legal Interpretation, Norm-addressees, Speech-act Theory

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To Whom Does the Law Speak? Canvassing a Neglected Picture of Law's Interpretive Field

Problems of Normativity, Rules and Rule-following, T. Gizbert-Studnicki, K. Płeszka, M. Araszkiewicz, P.Banas (eds), Springer 2014 (Law and Philosophy Library)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Jun 2014
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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Indeterminacy Thesis, Law as Communication, Legal Interpretation, Norm-addressees, Speech-act Theory

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Still Defending Moderate Cognitivism in Legal Interpretation: A Reply to Four, Excellent, Critics

Diritto & Questioni Pubbliche 2023(1), 55-72
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Nov 2023
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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Constitutional democracy, moderate cognitivism, legal realism, semantic minimalism, contextualism

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Unlocking Legal Validity: Some Remarks on the Artificial Ontology of Law

in 'Legal Validity and Soft Law', P. Westermann et al. (eds) Springer. pp 99-123, 2018
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Dec 2018
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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legal validity, normative ontology, unlawful law, objectivity, Kelsen, metaphysics, formal validity, material validity, epistemology

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Making and re-making the theory of constitutional democracy: further observations

Accepted for publication in Revus - Journal for Constitutional Theory and Philosophy of Law
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Aug 2024
Paolo Sandro
University of Leeds - School of Law
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lex, ius, power-conferring norm, rule of law, state, constitutionalism, normative powers, constitutional theory