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Wibren van der Burg

Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Professor of Legal Philosophy

Section Sociology, Theory and Methodology

PO Box 1738

3000 DR Rotterdam

Netherlands

http://www.wibrenvanderburg.nl

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law

Visiting Professor

Mile End Road

London, E1 4NS

United Kingdom

  • Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

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1.

Essentially Ambiguous Concepts and the Fuller-Hart-Dworkin Debate

Archiv für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie, Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 305-326, 2009, Tilburg University Legal Studies Working Paper No. 003/2007 ,
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2010
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Essentially ambiguous concepts, essentially contested concepts, Fuller, Hart, Dworkin, practice, doctrine, coherence, positivism, dynamics, pluralism

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Law and Ethics: The Twin Disciplines

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INTO LAW, Bart van Kink and Sanne Taekema, eds., Siebeck, 2009, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies No. 10-02
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Jul 2010
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Ethics, morality, reflective equilibrium, consensus, controversy, deontology, consequentialism, hermeneutics, pragmatism, foundationalism, constructivism, types of interdisciplinairy research, comparative law, argumentative practice, authority, procedure

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Slippery Slope Arguments

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Aug 2009
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Arbitrariness, argument from added authority, critical morality, domino theory, drugs, euthanasia, fallacy, law, rhetoric, slippery slope argument, social morality, sorites, vagueness, wedge.

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The Morality of Aspiration: A Neglected Dimension of Law and Morality

REDISCOVERING FULLER: ESSAYS ON IMPLICIT LAW AND INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, Willem J. Witteveen, Wibren van der Burg, eds., pp. 169-192, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies No. 09-03
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Sep 2009
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Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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aspiration, duty, ideals, principles, policies, rules, Fuller, professional morality, instrumental legislation, communicative function, regulatory function, eunomics, natural law

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What is Neutrality

General Subserie Research Paper No. 2011-02 , Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2011-20
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2014
Roland Pierik and Wibren van der Burg
University of Amsterdam and Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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state neutrality, Laïcité, Rawls, multiculturalism, inclusive neutrality exclusive neutrality

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Understanding the Gap between Theory and Practice

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2013
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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theory and practice, reflective equilibrium, anti-theory, models of morality, knowing-how and knowing-that

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Two Models of Law and Morality

Associations, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 61-82, 1999
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Sep 2009
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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law and morality, practice model, product model, separation thesis, natural law, legal positivism, Hart, Dworkin

8.

Law and Bioethics

OXFORD COMPANION TO BIOETHICS, Second Edition, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2010
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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The Myth of Civil Disobedience

Praxis International, pp. 287-304, 1989, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-legal Studies No. 10-04
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2012
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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civil disobedience, Rawls, social contract

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The Work of Lon Fuller: A Promising Direction for Jurisprudence in the 21st Century

Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-legal Studies, No. 13-02, May 13, 2013, Version: 1,0
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 May 2013
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Lon Fuller, Rundle, Brunnée and Toope, interactional law, international law, form of law

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In Defense of State Neutrality

ANGEWANDTE ETHIK IN DER PLURALISTISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT, Freiburg, K.P. Rippe, Hrsg., CH: Freiburger Universitätsverlag,
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2010
Wibren van der Burg and Frans W.A. Brom
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Rathenau Instituut
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neutrality, liberalism, crucifix, pluralism, Netherlands, conceptions of the good, legal moralism

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The Regulation of Professionals; Two Conflicting Perspectives

Legisprudence, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 147-171, 2009, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies No. 09-01
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 10 May 2010
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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professions, top-down regulation, professional autonomy, aspirations, self-regulation, reframing, managerialization, James Scott, Schoen and Rein, perspectivism, practice versus product, output-criteria, command-control

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Ideals in Law

IVR Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence, Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law, online, April 2009
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Sep 2010
Sanne Taekema and Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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values in law, Radbruch, Dworkin, Fuller, principles and rules, natural law, positive law and natural law, legal ethics

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Towards a Fruitful Cooperation between Legal Philosophy, Legal Sociology and Doctrinal Research: How Legal Interactionism May Bridge Unproductive Oppositions

Forthcoming in Festschrist Roger Cotterrell, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies No. 14-02
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Oct 2014
Sanne Taekema and Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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legal interactionism, interdisciplinary legal research, legal philosophy, legal sociology, doctrinal research,

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Inclusive Neutrality in the Classroom

Yearbook of the European Association for Education Law and Policy, 2011, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies, No. 11-01
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Aug 2011
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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neutrality, inclusive neutrality, freedom of religion, non-discrimination, laïcité, church-state relations, religious symbols, education, Toledo guidelines, active pluralism, private schools

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Foundations and Limits of Tolerance: The Swiss Debate on Mosques from a Dutch Perspective (Gründe und Grenzen der Toleranz: die Moscheen-Debatte aus niederländischer Sicht)

Symposion Toleranz - Herausforderungen, Gehalt und Grenzen, Zürich October 5, 2007,
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2009
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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tolerance, Islam, religious freedom, multicultural society, minarets, mosques, national identity

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A Pluralist Account of Legal Interactionism

Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies, No. 13-01, May 13, 2013, Version: 1,0
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 May 2013 Last Revised: 16 May 2013
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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interactionism, Lon Fuller, Selznick, Brunnée & Toope, regulatory explosion, interactional law, legal pluralism, family resemblance, concept of law, definition of law

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Legislation on Human Embryos: From Status Theories to Value Theories

Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-legal Studies No. 10-03, Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Vol. 82, 1996,
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Sep 2010
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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embryos, legislation, value theories, status theories, functions of law, expressive function, symbolic function, communicative function, Dworkin

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The Irony of a Symbolic Crusade: The Debate on Opening Up Civil Marriage to Same-Sex Couples

SOCIAL AND SYMBOLIC EFFECTS OF LEGISLATION UNDER THE RULE OF LAW, pp. 245-275, N. Zeegers, W. Witteveen and B. van Klink, eds., Edwin Mellen Press, 2005
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Sep 2009
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Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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legislation, symbolic function, expressive function, communicative function, interactionism, same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination law, Netherlands, rhetorical analysis

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Lon L. Fuller's Lessons for Legislators

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Jul 2014
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Legislation, Lon Fuller, instrumentalism, regulatory state, reciprocity, morality of law

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From Ethics to Law

FOUNDATIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ETHICS, LAW, CULTURE, AND THE PHYSICAL LIMITS, Lars Rydén, ed., Vol. 9, pp. 27-31, The Baltic University, 2009,
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2015
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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morality, ethics, law, legislation, legal enforcement of morals

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The Emerging Interactionist Paradigm and the Ideals of Democracy and Rule of Law

Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies No. 15-01
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Apr 2015
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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interactive legislation, legal interactionism, responsive regulation, interactional law, democracy, rule of law, instrumentalist legislation, finality, legal certainty, horizontal monitoring, Fuller

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Developing a Liberal-Protestant Ethics in a Dynamic and Pluralist World

'Reshaping Protestantism in a Global Context' Conference, Kampen (Netherlands), September 2004, Revue de Theologie et de Philosophie, Vol. 137, pp. 193-209, 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Aug 2009
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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pluralism, contextualism, dynamics, dynamic ethics, liberal protestantism, pragmatism

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Book Reviews

Bioethics, Vol. 13, pp. 69-87, January 1999
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Jul 2004
Anton Leist, Daniel Sinclair, Wibren van der Burg, Mary Anne Warren, David Boonin and Jill Ryan
University of Zurich, The College of Management (Israel), Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, San Francisco State University, University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Philosophy and Monash University
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The Merits of Law: An Argumentative Framework for Evaluative Judgements and Normative Recommendations in Legal Research

Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Forthcoming, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies, No. 17-01, February 22, 2018,
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2018
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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legal research methods, evaluation, recommendations, law reform, argumentative practice, chain of justification, argumentative framework, values

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The Need for Audacious Fully Armed Scholars: Concluding Reflections

Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies, No. 16-002, (Forthcoming) Sanne Taekema, Bart van Klink and Wouter de Been (eds.), Facts and Norms in Law
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 May 2016
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Interdisciplinary research, legal scholarship, fact-value distinction, facts and norms, perspectivism, legal reform, Lon L. Fuller

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Law as a Second-Order Essentially Contested Concept

Jurisprudence, Forthcoming, Erasmus Working Paper Series on Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies No. 16-001
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 May 2016
Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Essentially contested concepts, Gallie, ideals, concept of law, second-order essentially contested concepts

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The Incorporation Problem in Interdisciplinary Legal Research, Part 2: Case Studies

Erasmus Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 20 Feb 2016
Sanne Taekema and Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Introduction: The Incorporation Problem in Interdisciplinary Legal Research. Part 1: Theoretical Discussions

Erasmus Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 02 Feb 2016
Sanne Taekema and Wibren van der Burg
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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What is Neutrality?

Ratio Juris, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 496-515, 2014
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Nov 2014
Roland Pierik and Wibren van der Burg
University of Amsterdam and Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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